I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a police car
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The vehicle was being chased by a police car.
a police convoy (= of police vehicles )
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Rebels have ambushed a police convoy in the east.
a police dog (= trained to help the police )
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Police dogs helped in the search for the missing child.
a police inquiry
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The case has been reopened with a police inquiry.
a police search
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Her disappearance sparked a massive police search.
a police state (= where the government strictly controls what people can say or do )
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Too many laws bring us frighteningly close to the creation of a police state.
a police/cop drama (= about the police )
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'The Bill' is a popular police drama.
alerted the police
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The school immediately alerted the police .
armed police
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armed police raided the building
be under (police/armed etc) guard (= to be guarded by a group of people )
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He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.
community policing
government/police corruption
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There has been plenty of evidence of police corruption.
Metropolitan Police, the
military police
police bail (= when the police free someone before deciding whether to charge them with a crime )
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She was released on police bail.
police community support officer
police constable
police department
police dog
police escort
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a police escort
police force
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Jones joined the police force in 1983.
police officer
police protection (= protection by the police )
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He eventually managed to leave under heavy police protection.
police records
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Violent assaults rose 39 percent, according to police records.
Police Service of Northern Ireland, the
police state
police station
police/army/fire etc chief
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Los Angeles Police Chief Willie L. Williams
police/military custody
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There have been several cases in which people have died in police custody.
riot police
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The city deployed riot police to contain the demonstration.
riot police
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Riot police fired tear gas into the crowd.
school/army/police etc uniform
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He was still wearing his school uniform .
secret police
the traffic police (= police dealing with traffic problems and illegal driving )
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The teenagers got stopped by the local traffic police.
unmarked police car
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an unmarked police car
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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Now it wants to link up its planned criminal information computer, whose approval is still needed from the local police committee.
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Phone calls to the local police station began a few minutes later.
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The liaison officer and local police were on the nearby road, ready to stop the traffic.
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Mr Bergen, I-know a lot of the local police .
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There are moves to have the chief constables of the new forces appointed directly by the Home Secretary instead of local police authorities.
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The local police frequently arrested students for exceeding the speed limit or other minor infractions of the law.
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About 10 hours after the shooting the defendant attended the local police station with his attorney.
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There will be local police involvement.
metropolitan
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In London, the metropolitan police - established in 1829 - continue to be under the direct control of the Home Secretary.
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I have been to every Metropolitan police station, from Islington in the north to Bow Street in the west.
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In the metropolitan police there is only one fraud squad officer for every hundred officers.
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I could substantiate the information that Mr. Docherty gave me through contact with the West Yorkshire metropolitan police .
military
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The open mutiny by the military and police highlights Mr Wahid's tenuous grip on the presidency.
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More military police and an infantry division was called into action, and the riot was quickly ended the next day.
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Mr Bush doubled international military and police aid to stamp out drugs.
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The lanky, 6-foot-4-inch captain coordinates the moves with military police , engineers, medics and rescue crews.
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On Inauguration Day, members of the military and police forces stand shoulder-to-shoulder along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The ring's leader allegedly was Hildebrando Pascoal, a national congressman and military police colonel, who was arrested last September.
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Random violence as mobs, gangs, and alienated individuals fight the military and police .
secret
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Till now Oufkir had controlled the secret police and pursued the kings enemies ruthlessly.
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With no worries of visits from secret police , we laughed and joked the night away, drinking wine and plum brandy.
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He discovered secret police files documenting drug abuse.
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What are you, secret police ?
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We are creating the most effective secret police the world has ever seen.
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This, then, takes farther the secret police parable of the first play.
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In October the secret police were permitted by the Central Committee to start shooting railway bandits on the spot without legal proceedings.
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His threat came after the former head of the secret police was detained in Belgrade.
■ NOUN
car
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It seems that every police car is brand-new, and Hussein's soldiers sport crisp, new uniforms.
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Two police cars flanked the scene, their red lights revolving like beacons.
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Two men threw bottles and other material at police cars which chased them after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley.
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Beyond the police cars and their orange barrier, smoke veined with flames smudged the grey sky.
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I was walking along the road and all of a sudden this police car drew up beside me.
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A police car was there in the rearview, a policeman walking up to me in the side mirror.
chief
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In 1994, New Orleans hired a new police chief to rescue the corrupt, ineffective police department from itself.
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That the police chief was parked out front?
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The police chief ordered his officers to try to force us away from the site.
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However, the police chief naively suggested that hiring more policemen with higher wages would solve the problem.
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A pregnant police chief from a small Minnesota town tracks the murderers, having no idea the trail will lead to kidnappers.
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By then Bolcarro was playing ball with Nico, and so Morano, the police chief , surely was as well.
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He had been appointed police chief by Kennelly, who hoped for reform.
constable
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A woman police constable deposited four plastic cups of tea on the formica.
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While a police constable was in the living room, the car parked outside was being daubed by the youth.
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But all Mrs Ullman found was the intimidating bulk of three police constables .
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At one time there was a police inspector and a police constable at the police station.
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They stopped at the modern bungalow that was the home and office of the local police constable .
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Wilkins said that he and the police constable had hold of one another and the officer had fallen to the ground.
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We have seen charts that describe the organisational chart of a police authority and yet miss off the lowly police constable .
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I recognised the uniform of a police constable .
department
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I would guarantee him an exclusive, pictures and all, which is something he'd never get from the police department .
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Despite lawsuits some police departments remained indifferent, because the city, and not individual officers, had to pay the costs.
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When anything like this happened, every office-holder in the community made speeches passing the buck on to the police department .
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City residents pay taxes to support a police department , bus system, building safety division and many other urban services.
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The police department , which once rounded up 50 youngsters a night, now picks up two or three.
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The underlying causes ranged from police department employment practices to inadequate police training and evaluation.
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In 1994, New Orleans hired a new police chief to rescue the corrupt, ineffective police department from itself.
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The police department is beyond its meager capacities for restraint with a case like this.
force
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In the 1890s a serious effort was made to transform them into a rural police force .
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In recent years, the local police force has ballooned from two officers to 11.
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The authorised establishment of Derbyshire police force is 1,820 officers.
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Public police forces are losing ground to private security firms, which now employ two-thirds of all security personnel in the nation.
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A police force doesn't grieve.
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Four seperate police forces are monitoring every traveller's vehicle in the four day countdown to midsummer.
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These adjacent police forces were physically aberrant in nuance of bodily style and were therefore deemed to be socially incorrect.
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Read in studio One of the country's smallest police forces has been chosen to co-ordinate a national clamp down on trespassing travellers.
forces
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Plans for a new intelligence network are now being worked out between nine police forces concerned with the problem of travellers.
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They have maintained separate police forces , school systems and city administrations that did not exist prior to the war.
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The different police forces share their information and that has led to some proposed gatherings being stopped.
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Our police forces have another major complaint about the Bill.
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It follows an operation involving seven police forces .
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Four seperate police forces are monitoring every traveller's vehicle in the four day countdown to midsummer.
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Already a number of police forces have issued directives against discrimination making it inevitable that Darlington police will have a homosexual policeman.
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This mirrored the increased emphasis on confession evidence within the police forces around the country.
investigation
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These obstacles are not unique to police investigations .
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He remains in Washington awaiting the outcome of a police investigation .
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His death provokes an outrage and a police investigation into the shooting.
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Police say few police investigations have been opened in these cases because of sketchy information or absence of criminal intent.
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At the end of the police investigation the suspect must be taken before a prosecutor who decides how the case should proceed.
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Whether the curbs on police investigation will reduce police influence on the outcome of the criminal process is not easy to determine.
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The police investigation had passed, the wounds had begun to heal, normality had returned.
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She couldn't be involved in a police investigation .
officer
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A major disturbance broke out in May 1989 after a Latino police officer shot and killed a black motorcyclist.
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It eventually dawned on me that the young moran and the police officer had known all along where we were.
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An investigation checklist given to San Francisco police officers during training includes specific questions that should be covered.
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Oudran was the first police officer to be convicted for his conduct during the demonstration.
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Club members are serving or retired police officers , customs officers or prison officers.
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The police officers on board the helicopter were appalled by what they saw.
presence
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Male speaker I can tell traders that there will be a big police presence .
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The stress is on police presence .
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We will redeploy police resources in order to increase police presence in local communities and establish local neighbourhood offices.
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Authorities say only a large police presence kept the situation from getting worse.
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Wall Street has also seen protests and there is a strong police presence building up.
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The police presence was growing and becoming more aggressive as the stand off continued.
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It was only recently that a police presence had been withdrawn from No. 22 after the Pitt deaths.
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Despite a strong police presence , 100 protesters had gathered on the Grand Canal opposite the hotel where Haider was staying.
report
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Then there was a police report .
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Initial police reports indicated that he had suffered lysis from the stabbing.
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A police report said the scheme would improve the image of Middlesbrough town centre night-life.
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According to the state police report , witnesses said about 12 men walked into the village shortly after 7 p.m.
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The police report made it clear that the burglar was a professional.
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A police report at the time said that Stubblefield refused to respond to questions and pushed an officer in the chest.
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Inspector Blakelock was studying the police report .
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The girl was arrested Monday for investigation of filing a false police report , a misdemeanor.
riot
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Clashes between riot police and demonstrators had broken out during a student demonstration outside the Education Ministry on Oct. 24.
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But on Dec. 25, Milosevic banned street demonstrations and deployed cordons of heavily armed riot police to block the parades.
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As more than 300 people took to the streets, a police helicopter and eight vans carrying riot police were brought in.
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Three school buses unload riot police .
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Physically, they can only meet behind barricades manned by riot police and soldiers equipped with armoured vehicles and water cannon.
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Wednesday afternoon, riot police were out on the streets of Belgrade to enforce a ban on marches by anti-Milosevic demonstrators.
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The catalyst for the demonstrations was the beating to death of a student demonstrator by riot police .
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As two months before, the students were no match for the riot police .
spokesman
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A police spokesman warned that the vandalism could result in a tragedy on the main line between Belfast and Dublin.
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Joseph was immediately a suspect because he knew where the husband lived, said police spokesman Chris Willett.
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A police spokesman said yesterday some dialled 999 while others rang Darlington police station direct.
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A police spokesman said the two would appear at Dundee Sheriff Court today.
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Mike Torres, a police spokesman .
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A police spokesman had been equally unforthcoming: inquiries were continuing, he said, and several leads were being followed up.
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A police spokesman said the stolen car was in poor condition with a broken rear passenger window.
state
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Instead, he frightened them into suppressing his putsch through the use of the Bavarian state police .
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Check out the seal on the side of state police cars.
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After that I'd like to take a break and study something other than the techniques of the state police .
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Last June, a force of state police killed 17 unarmed peasant farmers on their way to a protest rally.
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These are no simple squabbles between workers and employers, or between civilians and state police .
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It may be called the state police , state troopers, militia, the rangers or the highway patrol.
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The state police commander and prison director were also arrested as were a great number of police officers.
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But critics say nearly all the killings have somehow involved the brutal state police .
station
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A 19-year old man from the Basildon area was last night helping police with their inquiries at Clacton police station .
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When he left the cathedral he inquired of a policeman where the nearest police station was.
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Anyone finding them should hand them in at a police station or to any officer he said.
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Officers handcuffed him and hauled him to the police station .
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Police are appealing for anyone who can assist them to contact the Pollok police station .
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Most of the reported deaths, however, were due to torture in both military barracks and police stations .
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The men, all under 25, were questioned yesterday at Middlesbrough police station before being released on bail pending further investigations.
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Cuts to police station opening hours.
■ VERB
arrest
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A single protester attempted to unfurl a banner in the square on June 3, but was quickly arrested by police .
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Prince, Harris and Gervin were arrested by campus police on Feb. 29.
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Barnes was unhurt, but 14 people were reportedly killed and two arrested during the police action.
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Eight of the demonstrators in Greensboro were arrested by local police and charged with fire-bombing and conspiracy to fire-bomb.
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Read in studio Ten people have been arrested by police carrying out early morning raids on suspected drug dealers.
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But officers realized that Applewhite fit the description of the shooting suspect and arrested him too, police said.
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A woman ticket clerk has been arrested and released on police bail.
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He was arrested by police , who he said, planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe.
call
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The phone-in revealed two more people who had called the police to remove Sure Style salesmen.
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On Monday night, Celner called Zylstra about the same time she called police , he said.
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Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use.
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Heather fretted, accused, threatened to call the police .
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Yes, we must call the police .
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A neighbor calls the police after hearing the commotion of two individuals prying open a window.
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You go and tell the other one to call the police .
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The man she was living with was battering her, Lee-Cruz said, and she called the police .
help
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She appealed against the defendants being given bail for fear they would interfere with witnesses who could help police inquiries.
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She said she had helped police reach Simpson through his secretary.
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Big deal: then it wouldn't be him helping the police with their inquiries, it'd be me.
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They help train Baja California police officers, firefighters and rescue teams in such basic first-aid measures as cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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He's been taken back to Banbury where's he helping police with their enquiries.
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Brown wants state and federal officials to help police by arresting parole violators who are in the park.
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A man is helping police inquiries.
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He called on citizens to do their part to fight crime and help the police .
kill
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He made it very clear he would like to kill police officers.
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The truck that carried the copters explodes, killing police officers and civilians.
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Police told to stay away For many, the killing of municipal police chief Benitez deepens the mystery.
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On March 9 several people were killed in Durrës when police took over a ship holding 2,000 people.
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Erik was killed Thursday; police are questioning Dawood and looking for her new boyfriend.
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Read in studio An investigation has begun into an accident which killed a police motorcycle instructor.
tell
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Smith told police he thought the girls had already jumped from the bay when he, Harper and Winter had run off.
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She told police she remembered nothing from that time until she woke up hours later in a remote area of town.
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Why, asked Wickham, had she not told the police ?
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Two seniors drive together, without weapons, but with radios to tell police what they observe.
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His trial at London's Old Bailey heard that he told police he believed in the death penalty for killers.
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Davis told police that he had returned to retrieve Polly about 30 minutes later.
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We revealed yesterday that another of Courtney's victims is still too terrified to tell police that he attacked her.
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Westside resident Jose Espinoza told Tucson police that the legendary chupacabras, or goatsucker, attacked his three-year-old son.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
border/military/customs/police post
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Administrative offices and on-campus police posts were damaged by stones and petrol bombs in three Tunis University faculties.
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But yesterday at the Hendaye border post , near Bayonne, lorries were passing freely without any form of control.
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Deng was made senior deputy premier and soon added party and military posts .
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However, he formally accepted the appointment on April 7 after resigning his military posts .
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In reality guerrilla action was largely indiscriminate with sporadic attacks on the occasional landlord, local official, or police post .
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The border post formalities are quickly completed.
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This commemorates the creation in 1829 of a political and military post to govern the islands.
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When she first arrived, she had thought the place as orderly as a military post .
hardened criminal/police officer etc
sb is helping the police with their enquiries
the military police
the secret police
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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On Monday, both men finally surrendered to police .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But she turned up safe and well at dawn when she walked into a mobile police station just yards away.
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Despite a strong police presence, 100 protesters had gathered on the Grand Canal opposite the hotel where Haider was staying.
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He specialized in finding stolen luxury cars, developing excellent contacts with both police and criminals.
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In Mrs Clark's case she did beat the tender, but the police appealed the decision.
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In the last few days, you may have seen a horrifying video of police armed with Q-tips instead of batons.
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Mendoza told police that they were abducted by Aguirre in Oakland on Oct. 10.
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Rotating law enforcement officers is a textbook concept straight out of police administration 101.
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Their numbers have dropped since five of them left to take up regular positions in the police force.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
community
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Police authorities are required to obtain the views of the community on policing in the area.
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But Daley says that community policing is the backbone of everything he does.
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Use community policing , he told his colleagues, and track down the title owners of drug houses.
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On Wednesday, while campaigning in California, Dole drew criticism for lauding a community policing program funded by the law.
department
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Participatory management is flourishing in entrepreneurial public organizations, from school districts to police departments .
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Zap bikes also appeal to police departments for patrol work.
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The producer had access to police department films which, presumably, would have included such attacks if they had occurred.
■ VERB
accord
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Iverson owns the car but was not driving, according to police .
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Each year, seven of those killings were motivated by domestic violence, according to police statistics.
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In this case, however, doctors at the psychiatric hospital asked that Hawkes not be moved, according to police .
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Here are the fatal shootings so far this year, according to police .
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The state Department of Children &038; Families has visited the home at least four times, according to police reports.
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He has no money but knows how to call home collect, according to police .
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Downing was cut 92 times and struggled with her attacker in several rooms before dying, according to police .
call
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This procedure is called policing the data and each of the principal tables will be checked at least once every three months.
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Wilson and others call it community-oriented policing .
report
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Almost half the cases reported to police are withdrawn before investigations begin.
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Blums believed Osborn had planted a knife and had arranged for some one to find it and report it to police .
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BThe data measure both crimes reported to police and those not Breported.
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Studies have estimated that only 10 % to 25 % of women who say they have been raped reported it to police .
tell
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The boys told police that, at those times, they could hear the 11-year-old crying.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
border/military/customs/police post
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Administrative offices and on-campus police posts were damaged by stones and petrol bombs in three Tunis University faculties.
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But yesterday at the Hendaye border post , near Bayonne, lorries were passing freely without any form of control.
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Deng was made senior deputy premier and soon added party and military posts .
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However, he formally accepted the appointment on April 7 after resigning his military posts .
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In reality guerrilla action was largely indiscriminate with sporadic attacks on the occasional landlord, local official, or police post .
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The border post formalities are quickly completed.
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This commemorates the creation in 1829 of a political and military post to govern the islands.
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When she first arrived, she had thought the place as orderly as a military post .
hardened criminal/police officer etc
the military police
the secret police
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All campers are required to police their campsite before they leave.
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The five security zones are policed by U.N. forces.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Lower standards of public health, education and policing?
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So, according to the Haig-Grafen theory, crossing over polices the division of chromosomes to keep it fair.
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They are never forceful enough in condemning bad policing that is a disgrace to the republic and to the rule of law.