Meaning of police work | Babel Free

Definitions

Work performed by police; the investigation of criminal activities.

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Examples

“The complement will consist⟳ of 290 persons, and these cruisers should prove⟳ valuable additions to our service, especially in the line of police-work—the peace time duty of most of our ships not assigned for manœuvres.”

“Many who are unfamiliar with real police work⟳ little realize⟳ the extent to which police science has developed.”

“All the ordinary developments in telecommunications can be applied to police work⟳.”

“White officers were more likely to select⟳ skilled or other protective service positions (such as fireman) as a preferred employment at the time they entered police work⟳.”

“Many puzzling aspects of police work⟳ fall⟳ into place⟳ when one ceases to look⟳ at it as primarily concerned with law enforcement and crime control⟳, and only incidentally and and often incongruously concerned with an infinite variety of other matters.”

“As a result⟳, there exists little or no transparency in police work⟳ at the station house level.”

“That's not a bad motto for police work⟳ overall, he thought. A vain and arbitrary search⟳ for a needle in a haystack, that's exactly what it always seemed to be like⟳.”

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