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2. 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 ...

3. 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]

4. Police officer - Wikipedia

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   The responsibilities of a police officer are varied, and may differ greatly from within one political context to another. Typical duties relate to keeping the peace, law enforcement, protection of people and property and the investigation of crimes. Officers are expected to respond to a variety of situations that may arise while they are on duty.

5. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   One example is the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS), [150] an interstate justice and public safety network owned by the states supporting inquiry into state systems for criminal history, driver's license and motor vehicle registration, as well as supporting inquiry into federal systems, such as the Department of ...

6. 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.

7. Opinion - Choosing a law enforcement professional as FBI ...

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   A law enforcement professional, on the other hand, could better insulate the Bureau from shifting political winds at Justice and bring the Bureau’s focus back to its core mission of ...

8. Some law enforcement officers, US military prosecuted for ...

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   Also in October, a former police officer in Eagle Pass was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in harboring illegal border crossers as part of a smuggling operation using multiple rental ...

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]