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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, ...

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