police district
Local enforcement area
A police district is a geographic subdivision of a city or region assigned to a particular police station or unit for patrol and law enforcement purposes.
The term may also refer to the station itself: He reported the theft at the local police district.
Districts divide urban areas into manageable zones, each with its own commanding officers and patrol teams.
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- beat copOfficer assigned regular route
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- stationFixed stopping point
- patrolRegular surveillance route
patrol car · squad car · squad · zone · headquarters · sector · division · city block · badge · uniform · dispatch · cruiser · neighborhood · territory · captain · sergeant · downtown · borough
- districtsborough, ward, precinct, zone, section
- suburbssuburb, subdivision, bedroom community, commuter town, suburban sprawl
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, post office, administrative office
police districtpolice department
Official law enforcement body
metropolitan area · police headquarters · central command · regional authority · federal jurisdiction
police, district, policed, policing, polices, policeman, policewoman, districts, districted