police force
Example Sentences
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The 300-acre island is accessible only by boat or by a single gated bridge and maintains its own private police force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The neighborhood has just 34 residences, guarded by a private police force and 24/7 armed boat patrols.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The conversations were taped between March and October 2024 involving members of the department’s recruitment unit, whose officers are tasked with deciding who can join the police force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Shibiri and Matjeng have since been fired from the police force.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
All this meant that when Louis Lépine and Alphonse Bertillon investigated the Mona Lisa theft, they did so alongside a police force of fictional detectives and a gang of fictional thieves.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
