policing

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The Metropolitan Police said a 46-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were arrested on Monday morning as part of a counter-terror policing investigation.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Mr. Salam lists the institute’s influence on the Giuliani years: privatization, social-services reform, anticrime efforts including “broken windows” policing, school choice—all had “the Manhattan Institute’s ideological imprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Their positions differ from Soto-Martínez’s on key issues, including homelessness, city finances and policing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Sir Mark said that "apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck