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a body of officers of the law
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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The vote means the tiny Butler County village of roughly 2,200 people will keep its four-person police force, which consists of acting Police Chief Dan Bower and three part-time officers.
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
The federal investigation was not limited to Nichols's death but sought to examine whether the Memphis police force inappropriately targeted Black residents on traffic stops and discriminated more broadly against Black people.
—David Nakamura The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
International law has always been aspirational, in part because the world lacks an international law-enforcement agency (Interpol serves only to coordinate among various national police forces).
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Interpol, which has 196 member countries and celebrated its centennial last year, works to help national police forces communicate with each other and track suspects and criminals in fields like counter-terrorism, financial crime, child pornography, cybercrime and organized crime.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
The federal investigation was not limited to Nichols's death but sought to examine whether the Memphis police force inappropriately targeted Black residents on traffic stops and discriminated more broadly against Black people.
—David Nakamura The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
International law has always been aspirational, in part because the world lacks an international law-enforcement agency (Interpol serves only to coordinate among various national police forces).
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Interpol, which has 196 member countries and celebrated its centennial last year, works to help national police forces communicate with each other and track suspects and criminals in fields like counter-terrorism, financial crime, child pornography, cybercrime and organized crime.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20force. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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