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  2. Police power (United States constitutional law) - Wikipedia

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    The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...

  3. Federal law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers going aboard a ship to examine cargo. The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.

  4. Public-order crime - Wikipedia

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    In criminology, public-order crime is defined by Siegel (2004) as "crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to function efficiently", i.e., it is behaviour that has been labelled criminal because it is contrary to shared norms, social values, and customs. Robertson (1989:123) maintains a ...

  5. List of law enforcement agencies - Wikipedia

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    Order Police (Cảnh sát Trật tự), for public order response; Protective Police (Cảnh sát Bảo vệ Mục tiêu), for protective services of properties and personnel; Vietnam People's Security (An ninh Nhân dân Việt Nam) consists of: Cyber Security (An ninh Mạng), for cyber and internet affairs

  6. List of police tactical units - Wikipedia

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    Given the numerous police tactical units in the country, only a partial list of examples is provided below: People's Police. Public Security Organs Counter-Terrorism and Special Police Corps of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (Blue Sword Commando) Special Police Corps of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau (Riot Commando)

  7. List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies

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    This is a list of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies — local, regional, special and statewide government agencies (state police) of the U.S. states, of the federal district, and of the territories that provide law enforcement duties, including investigations, prevention and patrol functions.

  8. How lockdown has redefined public order policing

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    The policing of lockdown places the entire population at the centre of a huge public order operation. The public they once protected from threats has itself become the threat. How lockdown has ...

  9. Police - Wikipedia

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    First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word police comes from Middle French police ('public order, administration, government'), [10] in turn from Latin politia, [11] which is the romanization of the Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'. [12]