police headquarters
Law enforcement base
Police headquarters is the central administrative building or complex housing a police department's command staff and operations.
It typically contains executive offices, dispatch centers, and investigative units.
The term often appears in news reports: Protesters gathered outside police headquarters.
Informally shortened to police HQ.
- holding cellsTemporary police custody spaces
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- front deskLobby service counter
- administrative staffOffice management employees
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- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- government buildingscourthouse, state capitol, state house, legislative building, senate building
- law enforcementFBI, patrolmen, cop, beat cops, DEA
- emergency facilitiesfire station, hospital, emergency room, ER, 911 center
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, post office, administrative office
- local governmentcity manager, aldermen, city hall, councillors, councillor
police headquartersunderground bunker
Reinforced subterranean refuge
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