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police forces

noun

plural of police force

as in police

a body of officers of the law mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal

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Recent Examples of police forces The bias in police recruitment was even worse in South Africa under apartheid, when the police forces were all-white organizations that frequently abused their power in dealings with Black South Africans. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 And now, in the lead-up to October’s elections, the Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has suggested that the country’s police forces take control of the area. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Trump will be joined by Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel in Nassau County, which has one of the largest police forces in the nation. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 While the system has been championed by many police forces, privacy concerns have grown. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 The majority are run for public security purposes by local governments or police forces, but they’re also implemented in some private spaces, such as schools. — Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026 Although the concept developed in the 1980s, police forces in jurisdictions as large as Los Angeles and as small as Los Gatos and Saratoga continue to use its methods. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Sepahi and Safari were among 60 people accused of killing four members of the police forces during the protests in Isfahan. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Both Carlson and Piker have recognized that people increasingly see the establishment — including politicians, police forces and the tech sector — as interested in curtailing people’s freedom. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

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Blytheville Police Chief John Frazier deferred to the state police when reached by phone on Sunday.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
According to the police documents obtained by Law & Crime, Weatherall, 22, ordered a Lyft ride to an apartment complex in Greenville.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026

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