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Law enforcement
The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.
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promotion
Law enforcement; Police
Advancement in rank or responsibility usually based on merit, but sometimes the result of personal favoritism.
assessment center
Law enforcement; Police
A technique used in police departments to evaluate the ability of an applicant to handle the job being sought through promotion.
coroner
Law enforcement; Police
A medical examiner responsible for aiding criminal investigations by probing deaths not thought to be of natural causes.
victimless crime
Law enforcement; Police
A crime that has no complaining party and often involves behavior that many people regard as legitimate, resulting in conflicting public attitudes about how vigorously the laws ...
high-speed pursuit
Law enforcement; Police
A situation where a police officer attempts to stop a vehicle and the suspect knowingly flees at a high rate of speed.
decertification
Law enforcement; Police
The process of revoking a police officer's license to work in a given state; addresses the problem of an officer who is fired from one department for misconduct and is then hired ...
unfounding a crime
Law enforcement; Police
Occurs when a citizen reports a crime but a police officer fails to complete an official crime report.
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