Crossword clues for police
police
- The fuzz?
- Watch over
- Urban force
- Beat walkers
- Part of L.A.P.D
- Law enforcers
- NYPD part
- New York's finest
- Law enforcement group
- Urban officers
- Enforcement group
- Sting's band, with "The"
- Stewart Copeland's band
- Ride to a certain station
- New York's finest, e.g
- Miranda rights reciters
- Members of the academy?
- Long arm of the law
- Kind of state or station
- Kind of car or dog
- Gun-toting group
- Group with German shepherds
- Gordon Sumner's band
- Criminal catchers
- Chase scene party, often
- Blue crew
- "____ Academy"
- Regime monitoring citizens
- Eg, constable
- "Every Breath You Take" group, with "the"
- Cry before “Open up!”
- Constabulary
- Oversee
- Doorstep cry
- Rioters' quieters
- Shout before "Open up!"
- Miranda rights readers
- They can be found in 20- and 55-Across and 10- and 26-Down
- Keep in order
- Some baton wielders
- Control
- Word before or after state
- Cry before Open up!
- Regulate
- Clean up
- Shield carriers
- Part of L.A.P.D.
- Barney Miller's colleagues
- Drivers of paddy wagons
- Arresting group
- Men in blue
- Guard's course of action finally changed
- Control river parasites
- Cast in 10 officers
- Force to cut back - cool
- Force required to cut up diamonds
- Bar accommodating one hundred runners at the start
- They can be found in 20-
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.
That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state.
The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws.
(Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison.
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The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness.
Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana.
--Bouvier.Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
Police \Po*lice"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Policed; p. pr. & vb. n. Policing.]
To keep in order by police.
(Mil.) To make clean; as, to police a camp.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1530, at first essentially the same word as policy (n.1); from Middle French police (late 15c.), from Latin politia "civil administration," from Greek polis "city" (see polis).\n
\nUntil mid-19c. used in England for "civil administration;" application to "administration of public order" (1716) is from French (late 17c.), and originally in English referred to France or other foreign nations. The first force so-named in England was the Marine Police, set up 1798 to protect merchandise at the Port of London. Police state "state regulated by means of national police" first recorded 1865, with reference to Austria. Police action in the international sense of "military intervention short of war, ostensibly to correct lawlessness" is from 1933. Police officer is attested from 1800. Police station is from 1817.
"to keep order in," 1580s, from Middle French policer, from police (see police (n.)). Meaning "to keep order by means of police" is from 1837. Related: Policed; policing.
Wiktionary
n. A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order. (from 18th c.) vb. (context transitive English) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
WordNet
n. the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" [syn: police force, constabulary, law]
v. maintain the security of by carrying out a control [syn: patrol]
Wikipedia
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 state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from military or other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing.
Law enforcement, however, constitutes only part of policing activity. Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the preservation of order. In some societies, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, these developed within the context of maintaining the class system and the protection of private property. Many police forces suffer from police corruption to a greater or lesser degree. The police force is usually a public sector service, meaning they are paid through taxes.
Alternative names for police force include constabulary, gendarmerie, police department, police service, crime prevention, protective services, law enforcement agency, civil guard or civic guard. Members may be referred to as police officers, troopers, sheriffs, constables, rangers, peace officers or civic/civil guards.
As police are often interacting with individuals, slang terms are numerous. Many slang terms for police officers are decades or centuries old with lost etymology.
Police are organizations established to maintain law and order.
Police may also refer to:
Police is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by V. K. Prakash starring Prithviraj, Indrajith, Bhavana, Chaya Singh, and Ashokan. It is an uncredited remake of the 1989 American film Tango & Cash and it was dubbed in Tamil as the same title.
Police is a 1985 French romantic crime drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, and Sandrine Bonnaire. Written by Catherine Breillat, the film is about a moody, jaded police detective investigating a drug ring who falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme. The film had 1,830,970 admissions in France.
Police was a BBC Television documentary television series about Thames Valley Police, first broadcast in 1982. Produced by Roger Graef and directed by Charles Stewart, it won the BAFTA award for best factual series.
Graef was given access to film Thames Valley Police by the Chief Constable, Peter Imbert, who went on to be Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Filming was based in Reading police station and took place in 1980 and early 1981.
The series had a significant impact on debate about the role of the police. The most influential episode was the third, A complaint of rape, in which a woman who claimed to have been raped by three men was treated harshly and dismissively by three male police officers. In a BBC interview in 2014 Roger Graef said, " We showed it (the film) to them (the police) but they regarded themselves as being nice to her. First of all Thatcher talked about it in parliament, it was on CBS news in America and also in Sweden and other places. Our film came after three very controversial rape cases the week before and the police quietly changed the way they handled rape." The public reaction led to changes in the way in which the UK police handled rape cases. In less than a year, Reading police station had a new dedicated rape squad consisting of five female police officers.
Police (German Polleitz) is a village and municipality ( obec) in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 237 (as at 28 August 2006).
Police lies approximately south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague.
Police is a village and municipality ( obec) in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 404 (as at 3 July 2006).
Police lies approximately south-west of Třebíč, south of Jihlava, and south-east of Prague.
Police is an Italian brand of fashion accessories. Launched in 1983 by the De Rigo brothers as the first brand of their company Charme Lunettes, which initially specialized in manufacturing sunglasses for third parties. Today, the Police brand is a business unit within the De Rigo group of brands and companies
In 1997 Police launched its first perfume range and in 2003 its first watch collection. The company launched its first apparel collection in 2008.
Over the course of its history, the Police brand has been advertised by numerous celebrities, including Paolo Maldini, Bruce Willis, George Clooney, David Beckham, Neymar and Antonio Banderas.
Police (, 2013) is a crime novel by Norwegian novelist, Jo Nesbø. It is the tenth novel in Nesbø's Harry Hole series.
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.