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Police
Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.
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Vice
Law enforcement; Police
Victimless crimes with no complaining party involving prostitution, gambling, or narcotics.
Promotion
Law enforcement; Police
Advancement in rank or responsibility usually based on merit, but sometimes the result of personal favoritism.
Assessment centre
Law enforcement; Police
A technique used in police departments to evaluate the ability of an applicant to handle the job being sought through promotion.
Coroner
Law enforcement; Police
A medical examiner responsible for aiding criminal investigations by probing deaths not thought to be of natural causes.
Victimless crime
Law enforcement; Police
A crime that has no complaining party and often involves behaviour that many people regard as legitimate, resulting in conflicting public attitudes about how vigorously the laws should be enforced.
High-speed pursuit
Law enforcement; Police
A situation where a police officer attempts to stop a vehicle and the suspect knowingly flees at a high rate of speed.
Decertification
Law enforcement; Police
The process of revoking a police officer's licence to work in a given state; addresses the problem of an officer who is fired from one department for misconduct and is then hired by another, but does ...
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