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Police
Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.
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Unfounding a crime
Law enforcement; Police
Occurs when a citizen reports a crime but a police officer fails to complete an official crime report.
Police aides
Law enforcement; Police
Nonsworn personnel used by police departments to handle low-priority calls and routine assignments, freeing sworn officers for more critical tasks.
Domestic violence
Law enforcement; Police
A disturbance between two or more people engaged in an intimate relationship that has escalated to a degree involving actual or threatened violence.
Meat eater
Law enforcement; Police
A police officer who actively and aggressively demands gratuities.
County police
Law enforcement; Police
Municipal police that operate on a countywide basis and lack the non-law enforcement roles of the county sheriff. About 1 percent of local departments are county police.
Injunctions
Law enforcement; Police
Court orders that prohibit a specified group from a specific course of action.
Insiders
Law enforcement; Police
Current or former employees of a company with knowledge about the company's computer infrastructure, which allows them to steal proprietary data such as intellectual property, marketing strategies, ...
