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Answer for the clue "Part of L.A.P.D ", 6 letters:
police

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A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law , protect property, and limit civil disorder . Their powers include the legitimized use of force . The term is most commonly associated with police services of a sovereign ...

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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity, Polity .] A judicial and ...

Usage examples of police.

I dare not accompany you, as I am well known in the town and it might get me into trouble with the police, who are ridiculously strict in these matters.

The police chief had reluctantly told him that the police, liberally sprinkled with Nazis who had been restored to their posts in accordance with the Berchtesgaden ultimatum, could no longer be counted on by the government.

We were trained in Hegemony schools, tattooed after taking Hegemony accreditation, and policed both internally and externally, but normals still feared us.

As police continued to question him after his experience with Durham, Jessie made several accusatory statements about Damien and Jason.

I promised to follow his advice, and I then paid a visit to the superintendent of police.

A guilt-by-association mentality developed in the Detroit Police Department and a suspect with no gang affiliation could be labeled a Purple Gangster.

At that time, when Geoff Moody marched into the police station in Edinburgh clutching Rose, nobody could be sure where some of the events she was alleging had taken place.

It is needless to say that I only allude to the political police, and not to the municipal police, which is indispensable for large towns, and which has the honourable mission of watching over the health and safety of the citizens.

Pellam now understood Ambler would have good reason to worry aboutthe state police, for instance.

When the swayvan with the Sugarat came around the Berth wall and cruised toward the cement modules of the police barracks, Chief Anareta stepped out of the shadows.

Another nervous entry in the police dossiers, recorded shortly after the air raids over Tokyo began, noted that little children were blithely singing a jingle anticipating the imperial palace burning down.

As they approached the police lines, Reverend Arroyo pushed through the crowd, his creamy suit smudged, tie askew.

By the time the mayor drove back into Angustias, police had arrived and taken a look at the store and were waiting to get a statement from Gonzalo.

What if there were to be an article in the newspapers reporting that an apprentice from Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors had been arrested by the police in connection with some racket?

The poem contained some passages expressive of liberal sentiment, and these, much rather than its obscenity, attracted the attention of the police.