Police

Police

Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

Industry: Government; Law enforcement

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Honest law enforcement

Law enforcement; Police

An approach representative of low expectations for law enforcement that states police would continue to patrol neighborhoods, answer calls for service, intervene in problem situations, and try to ...

Disparity

Law enforcement; Police

Differences or inequalities that are not necessarily caused by differential treatment.

Deadly force

Law enforcement; Police

The legal right of police officers to use force with the intent to kill if placed in a defense-of-life situation.

Deformalize

Law enforcement; Police

To eliminate many of the rules and policies that stifle creativity and discourage problem solving within police organizations.

Legalistic style

Law enforcement; Police

An organisational style used in police departments that emphasises aggressive crime fighting and attempts to control officer behaviour through a rule-bound, "by-the-book" administrative approach.

A form of societal neglect resulting from the disorderly actions of individuals in a neighborhood; examples include public drinking, street corner gangs, street harassment, street-level drug sale and ...

Call girl

Law enforcement; Police

One who represents the upper end of the economic scale of prostitution by catering to a more affluent customer and generally making arrangements over the telephone. Since call girls do not actually ...