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Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

Industry: Government; Law enforcement

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Reverse discrimination

Law enforcement; Police

Discrimination focused on whites and/or males; in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Decentralise

Law enforcement; Police

To place greater decision-making responsibility on rank-and-file officers at the neighbourhood level and to become more responsive to neighbourhood residents.

Discrimination

Law enforcement; Police

Differential treatment based on some extra-legal category such as race, ethnicity, or gender.

Containment

Law enforcement; Police

A strategy used by police to confine the homeless problem to one area of a community to both minimise disorder and keep homeless people out of public view.

Civilians

Law enforcement; Police

Those who follow the pursuits of civil life and are not employed as sworn officers or officials.

Reality shock

Law enforcement; Police

The astonishment a new police officer experiences when encountering the unpleasant aspects of dealing with the public, the criminal justice system, and the department during the first weeks and ...