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  2. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    peace and the good: Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean 'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian as pace e bene. pax et justitia: peace and justice: Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: pax et lux: peace and light

  3. Peelian principles - Wikipedia

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    The Peelian principles summarise the ideas that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force.The approach expressed in these principles is commonly known as policing by consent in the United Kingdom and other countries such as Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

  4. 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]

  5. Law enforcement officer - Wikipedia

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    A senior police officer in Hamburg, Germany. 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.

  6. List of mottos - Wikipedia

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    Metropolitan Police Service: Working together for a safer London; Milwaukee Police Department: Be A Force [citation needed] Minneapolis Police Department: To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion; Korean National Police Agency: Korean: 국민과 함께하는 따뜻하고 믿음직한 경찰 (A Friendly and Reliable Police Force for the ...

  7. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Keep in mind that mutual aid agreements often give officers/departments from "State A" limited police powers in "State B" & vice versa, even though they aren't certified in both states like bi-state police departments. Twin city departments such as Lookout Mountain, Georgia and Lookout Mountain, Tennessee are examples of this.

  8. Binding over - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the binding-over power are rooted in (1) the takings of sureties of the peace, which "emerged from the peace-keeping arrangements of Anglo-Saxon law, extended by the use of the royal prerogative and royal writs" and (2) the separate device of sureties of good behaviour, which originated as a type of conditional pardon given by ...

  9. Thought Police - Wikipedia

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    In the year 1984, the government of Oceania, dominated by the Inner Party, uses the Newspeak language – a heavily simplified version of English – to control the speech, actions, and thought of the population, by defining "unapproved thoughts" as thoughtcrime; for such actions, the Thinkpol arrest Winston Smith, the protagonist of the story, and Julia, his lover, as enemies of the state.