secret police

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And critics claimed the company’s “Service Department,” designed to see that workers remained “sober and industrious,” was nothing more than a secret police force.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

It is completely understandable to raise concerns about a tattoo associated with the Nazi secret police; nobody should be regarded as a pedant for doing so.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Rivas was the personal secretary for Chile's infamous secret police chief Manuel Contreras from 1973 to 1976.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

After a short stint as an intel adviser to Mr. Maduro, Mr. González López was, in April 2019, again assigned to head the secret police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Hitler’s secret police, the Geheime Staatspolizei, or Gestapo, hounded Catholic priests, nuns, and other church officials, instructing priests what to say in their sermons and classrooms.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti