police force
noun
: a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime
Examples of police force in a Sentence
He joined the local police force.
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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Sam Rockwell, 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' (2018) The darkly comic crime drama pits Frances McDormand's righteously furious mom against a police force that hasn't caught her daughter's killer.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
The internal probe is only the latest controversy to rock the Antioch police force, where six current or former officers were indicted in August 2023, while 13 other officers lost their jobs related to racist, homophobic and sexist texts shared among dozens of officers.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Johnson shows how police forces, irked by the anarchist threat, developed new techniques of detection and surveillance.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This distrust has even resulted in police forces coming to blows with each other in the streets on multiple occasions.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
The internal probe is only the latest controversy to rock the Antioch police force, where six current or former officers were indicted in August 2023, while 13 other officers lost their jobs related to racist, homophobic and sexist texts shared among dozens of officers.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Johnson shows how police forces, irked by the anarchist threat, developed new techniques of detection and surveillance.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This distrust has even resulted in police forces coming to blows with each other in the streets on multiple occasions.
—Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for police force
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20force. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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