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police force

noun

Definition of police force

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a body of officers of the law mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal

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Recent Examples of police force With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan and the court having no police force to execute warrants, the prospect of any of the suspects being arrested is remote. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against the police force that arrested him earlier this year. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 The British government subsequently announced extra police forces to protect Jewish areas across the country. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 The school system has added staff in support of this approach, while simultaneously banning school police officers from campus except in emergencies and sharply reducing the size of the school police force. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police force

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Beginning in the late 1990s, O’Neal has worked part-time with several police departments and even became a reserve officer in both Los Angeles and Miami.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Roseville police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless woman downtown earlier this week, authorities said.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Several British constabularies have added EVs to their fleets for urban policing duties, often using models such as the Hyundai Kona Electric, Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 8 Mar. 2026

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