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  2. Baton charge - Wikipedia

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    A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police, paramilitary or military in response to public disorder. In the Indian subcontinent, a long bamboo stick, called lathi in Hindi, Nepali and Urdu, is used for crowd control, and the expression lathi charge commonly employed to describe the action.

  3. Patna Police - Wikipedia

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    Patna Police (Hindi: पटना पुलिस) is the police service responsible for law enforcement within Patna district, including the capital city of Patna in an Indian state of Bihar. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Patna Police is the largest police service in the state.

  4. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    French, lit. "salad basket", slang for a police van (cf. fourgon de police). Parak Slang term used for policemen in the Philippines. Paw Patrol Slang term for K-9 units or Dog Units in the UK. Party Van Russian, a police car or van, especially one housing an entire squad and sent out to perform a search-and-seizure and/or an arrest at a ...

  5. Vigilantism - Wikipedia

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    The term is borrowed from Italian vigilante, which means 'sentinel' or 'watcher', from Latin vigilāns.According to political scientist Regina Bateson, vigilantism is "the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses."

  6. Central Vigilance Commission - Wikipedia

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    The President may, by order, remove from office the Central Vigilance Commissioner or any Vigilance Commissioner if the Central Vigilance Commissioner or such Vigilance Commissioner, as the case may be: is adjudged an insolvent; or; has been convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or

  7. Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau - Wikipedia

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    Vigilance Tribunal, Thiruvananthapuram: This tribunal hears appeals against the orders of the VACB regarding departmental proceedings against government officials. Apart from these courts and tribunals, the VACB also has the power to file cases against elected representatives in the High Court of Kerala, as per the directions of the Lok Ayukta .

  8. Law enforcement in India - Wikipedia

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    Other DGP rank officers head autonomous bodies not controlled by the DGP, such as the police recruitment board, fire service and police training, vigilance, anti-corruption bureau, prisons department, police housing society, police welfare bureau, etc. State forces are organised into zones, which consist of two (or more) ranges.

  9. Uttar Pradesh Police - Wikipedia

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    A police circle is usually headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police or Assistant Superintendent of Police. The officer heading the police circle/sub-division is designated as the Circle Officer (C.O.) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. A police circle is usually constituted by 2 to 4 police stations.