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Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

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narc

Law enforcement; Police

Narc is a slang term used to describe a law enforcement agent who specializes in apprehending drug traffickers, dealers or users. "Narc" is a shortened form of "narcotics," a term which may have ...

emergency protection order (EPO)

Emergency protection order (EPO) is an order under section 44 of the Children Act allowing a local authority social worker ( or a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children officer) ...

emergency duty team

Politics; Political Science

Emergency duty team is a team of local authority social workers providing social work services when offices are closed overnight, at weekends and during holidays. Generally the team covers a large ...

prescint

Law enforcement; Police

Is a form of division of a geographical area that a police force is responsible to patrol. It can be a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes.

precinct

Law enforcement; Police

Is a form of division of a geographical area that a police force is responsible to patrol. It can be a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes.

Pacifying Police Unit (UPP)

Law enforcement; Police

The Pacifying Police Unit, abbreviated UPP, is a law enforcement and social services program pioneered in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is supposed to take back the territories, more ...

Range-R

Law enforcement; Police

A hand-held Doppler radar device that is able to see through walls of buildings. Users of the device simply hold it against a wall and then push a button to send radar pulses through the wall to ...