Police

Police

Special government unit empowered to enforce the law.

Industry: Government; Law enforcement

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police aides

Law enforcement; Police

Nonsworn personnel used by police departments to handle low-priority calls and routine assignments, freeing sworn officers for more critical tasks.

domestic violence

Law enforcement; Police

A disturbance between two or more people engaged in an intimate relationship that has escalated to a degree involving actual or threatened violence.

meat eater

Law enforcement; Police

A police officer who actively and aggressively demands gratuities.

county police

Law enforcement; Police

Municipal police that operate on a countywide basis and lack the non-law enforcement roles of the county sheriff. About 1 percent of local departments are county police.

functional specialization

Law enforcement; Police

A form of organizational structure in which employees are assigned specific duties based on their areas of expertise, thereby allowing less critical tasks to be delegated to paraprofessionals.

injunctions

Law enforcement; Police

Court orders that prohibit a specified group from a specific course of action.

Current or former employees of a company with knowledge about the company's computer infrastructure, which allows them to steal proprietary data such as intellectual property, marketing strategies, ...