police protection
Security from officers
Police protection is the safeguarding of persons or property by law enforcement.
The term appears in discussions of public safety services: The neighborhood lacks adequate police protection.
It also describes security details for specific individuals: The witness was placed under police protection.
In organized crime contexts, protection from police—paid for through bribes—is sometimes called police protection with dark irony.
- protective custodyConfinement for someone's safety
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- foot patrolOn-foot police monitoring
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- crime preventionStopping offenses before occurrence
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- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike
police protectionlawlessness
Absence of governing rules
anarchy · abandonment · no-go zone · defenselessness · vulnerability
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