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po·lice de·part·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. police departmentnoun

    the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime

Wiktionary

  1. police departmentnoun

    Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.

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  1. police department

    A police department is a governmental organization responsible for maintaining law and order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing laws in a specific geographical area. It is comprised of sworn officers who have the power of arrest, carry firearms, and respond to different types of emergency and non-emergency situations. Their duties also involve conducting investigations, performing traffic control, and community policing. The department is typically led by a chief of police or a similar ranking official.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of police department in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of police department in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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  1. Cedric Alexander:

    Video footage captured from police body cameras shows Atlanta police officers talking with Rayshard Brooks moments before Rayshard Brooks was shot in a Wendys parking lot. Officer Devin Bronsan arrived inthe area after a 911 complaintof someone sleeping in a car. Rayshard Brooks said Rayshard Brooks drank a small amount of alcohol and was administered afield sobriety test. Hisblood-alcohol levelregistered at.108, above the.08 legal limit. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving, said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who responded to the scene after Officer Devin Bronsan, beforehe tried to arrest Rayshard Brooks. A struggle ensuedand the officers bodycams wereknocked to the ground. They could be heard yelling, Youre going to get Tased ! Stop fighting ! ATLANTA ERUPTS AFTER Rayshard Brooks DEATH PROMPTS POLICE CHIEF TO STEP DOWN This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Garrett Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. ( Atlanta Police Department via AP) At one point Rayshard Brooks appears to grab Bronsans Taser. Hands off Bronsans Taser ! an officer said. Rayshard Brooks fled from the officers and turnedaround with the stun gun before Rayshard Brooks was shot. It does appear in the video that Rayshard Brooks is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, that as hes fleeing Rayshard Brooks turns back over Rayshard Brooks shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be Rayshard Brooks Taser that the eyewitnesses told us they saw the individual have that belonged to one of the officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. An autopsy found that Rayshard Brooks suffered to two gunshot wounds to Rayshard Brooks back. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Rayshard Brooks deatha homicide. Garrett Rolfe has not been charged in Rayshard Brooks death but was fired from the force Sunday. Cedric Alexander, the former public safety director of Dekalb County, Ga., who now works as a police consultant, told the Associated Press that the shooting will lead to questions over how officers could have defused the situation. Heres a man who took Dekalb County upon Cedric Alexander to pull off the road to take a nap.

  2. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes:

    Madison Police department has and continues to support people being able to speak freely and openly about their beliefs. But Madison Police feel that any acts of violence, including the destruction of property, do not aid in any cause, madison Police have made Madison Police federal partners aware of this incident and are working with them and the Madison Fire Department as Madison Police investigate this arson.

  3. Lou Ritter:

    Nat Glover (Jacksonville Sheriff 1995-2003). I appointed him patrolman when I was mayor. In 1965, we had a segregated police department. A black officer could not arrest a white person. When the black officers were recruited, they had their own precinct over on the west side of LaVilla and were given passed down uniforms.

  4. The CCRB:

    Sadly, after years of witnessing news about police misconduct and possibly experiencing it New York Police Department officers, even the youngest among us have an awareness of the tension that too often exists between the police and civilians, as young New Yorkers lead the way in calling for change in our city following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, it's time for the NYPD to re-consider how New York Police Department officers police our youth, address disparities in law enforcement, and commit to swift discipline when New York Police Department officers engage in misconduct.

  5. Eric Hawkins:

    Albany Police Department really depends on the facts and circumstances at the outset, an overwhelming majority... a vast majority end peacefully. If Albany Police Department is Albany Police Department, usually in hours or a day. Albany Police Department's unusual to see a case go as long as the one we're referring to now.


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