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Police
Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.
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Verbal abuse
Law enforcement; Police
The use of inappropriate language, particularly racial and ethnic slurs, by police officers.
Discovery time
Law enforcement; Police
The interval between the commission of a crime and its discovery.
Corruption
Law enforcement; Police
A form of misconduct or deviant behaviour by police officers that involves the misuse of authority in a manner designed to produce personal gain for themselves or for others.
Civil service
Law enforcement; Police
A nearly universal set of formal and legally binding procedures governing personnel decisions in police organizations, ensuring that such decisions are based on objective criteria and not on ...
Bona fide occupational qualification
Law enforcement; Police
Provides protection for employers who refuse to hire people not possessing established qualifications that are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business.
Crime-scene tape
Law enforcement; Police
Brightly-colored tape used by law enforcement officers to cordon off an area or crime scene.
Profiling
Law enforcement; Police
Criminal investigation analysis and classification of an individual based on his/her personal background information.
