police precincts
Law enforcement buildings
Police precincts are the administrative districts into which a city's police department divides its territory, and by extension, the station houses serving those districts.
Each precinct handles law enforcement for its designated area: The 19th Precinct covers the Upper East Side.
In crime dramas and news reports, precinct often means the building itself: They took him down to the precinct for questioning.
- beat copOfficer assigned regular route
- headquartersCentral command location
- public outreachCommunicating with external audiences
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- patrol carLaw enforcement vehicle
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- public buildingscourthouse, government buildings, city halls, civic buildings, municipal buildings
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Detention facilities for criminals
penitentiaries · courthouses · jails · correctional facilities · detention centers
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Public gathering facilities
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