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Government
Of or pertaining to any administrative organ that has authority to govern a political state.
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defense-of-life rule
Law enforcement; Police
States that police officers are allowed to use deadly force only in situations where their own lives or the life of another person are in danger.
blue curtain
Law enforcement; Police
A code of silence among police officers whereby officers refuse to testify against corrupt officers, creating a veil of secrecy around police actions.
grass eater
Law enforcement; Police
A police officer who passively accepts gratuities offered to him or her.
race
Law enforcement; Police
A group of people classified together on the basis of physical and biological similarities.
streetwalker
Law enforcement; Police
One who represents the lower end of the social and economic scale of prostitution by soliciting on the streets, thus being highly visible to both the police and the general ...
collective bargaining
Law enforcement; Police
A method of determining conditions of employment through bilateral negotiations according to the following principles: Employees have a legal right to form unions; employers must ...
blue-ribbon commissions
Law enforcement; Police
Commissions serving as a form of external accountability for police conduct that address a full range of police issues and bring together leading experts to help improve local ...
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