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Police department
(law enforcement) Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.
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(law enforcement) Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Police department"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| police servicenoun | (law enforcement) Police force. |
| policenoun | (law enforcement) A constituted body of officers representing the civil authority of government, empowered to maintain public order and safety, enforce the law, and prevent, detect, and investigate crime. |
| police forcenoun | (law enforcement) Any police organization; a constabulary. |
| state policenoun | (US, Australia, law enforcement) The police force belonging to the state (subnational) government, as contrasted with federal, county, or municipal law enforcement. |
| police officernoun | A peace officer who is a member of a police force. |
| forcenoun | Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. |
| constabularynoun | A police force. |
| patrolnoun | (law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service. |
| police chiefnoun | The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government. |
| police protectionnoun | Law enforcement agency tasked to safeguard a community or a person from crime. |
| copsnoun | (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity. |
| polisnoun | (historical) A Greek city-state. |
| armed policenoun | A member of the People's Armed Police of China. |
| peace officernoun | (US, Canada, law enforcement) A civil law enforcement officer with a duty to maintain law and order, i.e., a bylaw officer, a police officer, a sheriff, etc. |
| precinctnoun | (US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district. |
| uniformnoun | A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc. |
| parapolicenoun | Law enforcement agents considered ancillary or subsidiary to the regular police force. |
| police commissionernoun | A senior rank of a member of a police force. |
| law enforcementnoun | The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals. |
| long arm of the lawnoun | (idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The influence or effectiveness of law enforcement institutions; law enforcement officers collectively. |
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