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  2. Public security - Wikipedia

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    Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensure the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against ...

  3. Imprisonment for public protection - Wikipedia

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    In England and Wales, the imprisonment for public protection (IPP; Welsh: carcharu er mwyn diogelu'r cyhoedd) [1] sentence was a form of indeterminate sentence introduced by section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (with effect from 2005) by the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and abolished in 2012. It was intended to protect the public ...

  4. Protected areas of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness , while others are operated with acceptable commercial exploitation .

  5. Civil defense - Wikipedia

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    Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state ... For example, total defence refers ... Originally authorized by Public Law 920 of ...

  6. List of protective service agencies - Wikipedia

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    Armed Forces Security Center (AFSC) – Personal protective security for the royal family, members of the Royal Thai Government VIPs, and Thai Military VIPs.

  7. Equal Protection Clause - Wikipedia

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    Under this theory, equal protection jurisprudence has been applied to voting rights. A recent use of equal protection doctrine came in Bush v. Gore (2000). At issue was the controversial recount in Florida in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election. There, the Supreme Court held that the different standards of counting ballots across ...

  8. Government interest - Wikipedia

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    The protection of public health and safety, including the regulation of violent crime, the requirements of national security and military necessity are considered compelling government interests. Restricting access to unapproved prescription drugs is also a compelling government interest. [2] In Wisconsin v.

  9. Protectionism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Protection is but the law of nature, the law of self-preservation, of self-development, of securing the highest and best destiny of the race of man. [It is said] that protection is immoral. ... Why, if protection builds up and elevates 63,000,000 [the U.S. population] of people, the influence of those 63,000,000 of people elevates the rest of ...