police service
Public safety agency
A police service is the law enforcement organization serving a particular jurisdiction—essentially the same as a police department or police force, though the term emphasizes public service over enforcement.
Common in British, Canadian, and Australian usage: the Metropolitan Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police Service.
Americans more typically say police department.
- constabularyOrganized law enforcement body
- arrestSeize by law
- traffic stopPolice halting a motorist
- patrol carLaw enforcement vehicle
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
thin blue line · law enforcement · gendarmerie · beat cop · detective · uniform · body camera · internal affairs · station · public order · radio · marshal · siren · 911 · squad car · law enforcement agency · public safety · blue
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- Nordic Governmentministry, ministries, finance ministry, foreign ministry, defense ministry
- civic dutyjury duty, voting, tax paying, voter registration, civic engagement
- municipalitiescity, cities, municipality, town, towns
- state governmentstate budget, state senate, state legislature, state capitol, state constitution
police servicemilitary
Armed forces collectively
armed forces · army · navy · air force · marines
police serviceprivate security
Civilian protective workforce
security guards · mercenaries · private military contractors · bodyguards · corporate security
police serviceorganized crime
Structured illegal enterprise
criminal syndicate · mafia · cartel · criminal enterprise · crime syndicate
service, police, policy, policeman, services, policemen, policing, servitude, policed