noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ armed , mounted
▪ plain-clothes , uniformed
▪ undercover
▪ riot , traffic
▪ military , paramilitary , secret , security
▪ airport , border , campus ( esp. AmE ), city ( esp. AmE ), county , federal , local , national , state
▪ fashion , thought ( both figurative )
▪
Following this rule will keep the fashion ~ off your tail.
VERB + POLICE
▪ call , contact
▪ alert , inform , notify , tell
▪ involve
▪
I'd really rather not involve the ~.
▪ elude , evade
POLICE + VERB
▪ arrest sb , detain sb
▪ catch sb
▪ charge sb
▪
The ~ charged him with impaired driving.
▪ patrol sth
▪ raid sth
▪
The ~ raided his shop.
▪ arrive , respond
▪
The ~ arrived to break up the battle.
▪ interview sb , question sb
▪ investigate sth
▪ harass sb
▪ appeal for sth ( esp. BrE )
▪
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
POLICE + NOUN
▪ captain , chief , commissioner ( esp. AmE ), constable ( BrE ), detective , inspector , lieutenant , officer
▪ spokesman
▪ investigator , official
▪ department , headquarters , station
▪ academy ( esp. AmE )
▪ cell ( BrE )
▪
He spent the night in a ~ cell after his arrest.
▪ report
▪
Police reports state that at around 6.30 p.m. Poole and a relative had an argument in his backyard.
▪
Contact your local ~ department to file a ~ report. ( AmE )
▪ blotter ( AmE )
▪
His name has never shown up on the ~ blotter ( = written record of arrests ).
▪ record
▪
I had a ~ record.
▪ car , cruiser ( esp. AmE ), helicopter , van ( BrE ), vehicle
▪
an unmarked ~ car
▪ siren
▪ driver ( BrE ), marksman
▪ dog , horse
▪ uniform
▪ authorities , force , service
▪ unit
▪ enquiries ( BrE ), investigation
▪ interrogation , surveillance
▪ escort
▪
The visiting fans returned to the station under ~ escort.
▪ patrol
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A routine ~ patrol spotted signs of a break-in at the offices.
▪ raid
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Nine arrests were made in a series of ~ raids across the city.
▪ presence
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There was a huge ~ presence at the demonstration.
▪ protection
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All prosecution witnesses were given ~ protection.
▪ barricades , cordon , lines
▪
Some protesters managed to break through the ~ cordon.
▪ checkpoint , roadblock
▪ chase
▪ shooting
▪ informant , informer
▪ abuse , brutality , corruption , harassment , misconduct , violence
▪ state
▪
The country looks more and more like a ~ state.
PHRASES
▪ helping the ~ with their enquiries ( BrE )
▪
No arrest has been made, but a man is helping the ~ with their enquiries.
▪ in ~ custody
▪
He was held in ~ custody for a month