Dixonian

Definitions

1. Pertaining to a traditional form of local policing, focused on officers walking the beat.
   UK, not-comparable
2. Of, relating to or formulated by Alfred Dixon.
   not-comparable

Examples

“This was as true in 1974 when Regan first appeared as it is to police dramas in the twenty-first century. Notwithstanding his abrasive, recusant stance, Regan still stood for many of the core Dixonian values championed twenty years earlier.”

“However, 'nuisance or anti-social behaviour' is a source of grave unhappiness to millions. It is also the very thing that the old Dixonian police force⟳ was very good at controlling, discouraging and preventing.”

“We have⟳ presented a model⟳ of policing to the public, a Dixonian model⟳, which is oversimplified. It is about bobbies on the beat⟳ and their front police station counter.”

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