Synonyms of police force

police force

noun

as in police

a body of officers of the law

mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• police
• constabulary
• force
• finest
• man
• police officer
• heat
• policeman
• fuzz
• cop
• officer
• copper
• trooper
• constable
• bull
• gendarme
• bobby
• policewoman
• peeler
• shamus
• bluecoat

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of police force

For months now, the board has been grappling with how to improve conditions, launching a program to install protective barriers for bus drivers, creating a test program for gun detectors and vowing to create a new Metro police force. —Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024

Ford was brought in as a reformer to clean up the city’s police force after the discovery that cops were exchanging racist, sexist and homophobic texts. —East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024

Disillusioned with the police force, in 1988 Mack moved home to Safford, Arizona, and successfully ran for Graham County sheriff. —David Gilbert, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024

The plot is centered around a detective (Smith) trying to unravel a confusing murder that may or may not have been caused by a member of the autonomous police force named Sonny (played by Alan Tudyk). —Meredith Woerner, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024