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Police

Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

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discretion

Law enforcement; Police

The freedom to act on one's own judgment.

Platinum mining massacre

Government; Police

For several months the workers of the platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa, have been striking. But when they refused to move and obey orders from the police August 16th (2012), the police started ...

Spa shooting

Law enforcement; Police

A Wisconsin man who had been accused of domestic violence and slashing his wife's tyres took a gun into the spa where she worked Sunday and shot seven women, three fatally, before killing himself, a ...

Abduction

Law enforcement; Police

To take someone away from a place without that person's consent or by fraud. See also " kidnapping".

Police station

Law enforcement; Police

Unit of a police force in a specific locality.

European arrest warrant

Government; Police

The European arrest warrant is a judicial decision issued by a Member State with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State of a person being sought for a criminal prosecution or a ...

European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders

Government; Police

The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) coordinates operational cooperation between Member States in the field of management of external ...

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