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Police

Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

Industry: Government; Law enforcement

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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 should be enforced.

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.

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 by another, but does ...