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  2. Category:Law enforcement terminology - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Law enforcement terminology" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    A term which indicates a law-enforcement officer approaching the speaker's vicinity. Taken from the Spanish word for "ugly", this slang term is exclusively used by the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities of Philadelphia and (to a lesser extent) New York City, United States.

  4. Category:Law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement terminology (45 P) Law enforcement theory (2 C, 20 P) V. ... Pages in category "Law enforcement" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of ...

  5. Law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    New York City Police Department lieutenant debriefing police officers at Times Square. Law enforcement is the activity of some members of the government or other social institutions who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. [1]

  6. Law enforcement officer - Wikipedia

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    A law enforcement officer (LEO), [1] or police officer or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector or private-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws, protecting life & property, keeping the peace, and other public safety related duties. Law enforcement officers are designated certain powers ...

  7. Police code - Wikipedia

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    A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include " 10 codes " (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes , or other ...

  8. Ten-code - Wikipedia

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    They have historically been widely used by law enforcement officers in North America, but in 2006, due to the lack of standardization, the U.S. federal government recommended they be discontinued in favor of everyday language. [2]

  9. Outline of law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement agency – government agency responsible for enforcement of laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while some have other names (e.g. sheriff's office/department; investigative police services in the United States are often called bureaus (e.g. FBI, USMS, ICE, CBP, ATF, DEA, USSS etc.).