Police (disambiguation)
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Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

are organizations established to maintain law and order.

Police may also refer to:

Entertainment

  • The Police
    The Police
    The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...

    , a British band
  • Police (1916 film), a film starring Charlie Chaplin
  • Police (TV series)
    Police (TV series)
    Police was a BBC Television documentary television series about Thames Valley Police, first broadcast in 1982. Produced by Roger Graef and directed by Charles Stewart, it won the BAFTA award for best factual series....

    , a 1982 documentary series by Roger Graef
  • Police (1985 film)
    Police (1985 film)
    Police is a 1985 French film, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau and Sandrine Bonnaire. It was directed by Maurice Pialat and written by Catherine Breillat.-Plot:...

    , a film by Maurice Pialat
  • Police (2005 film)
  • The Police (play)
    The Police (play)
    The Police is a play written by Polish playwright Sławomir Mrożek.Written in 1958, it is Mrozek's first play and one of his most acclaimed early works. Written in the style of Theatre of the Absurd, and listed in the Martin Esslin book of the same name, it was produced at the Phoenix Theatre, New...

    , a play by Sławomir Mrożek

Poland

  • Police, Poland
    Police, Poland
    Police is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It is the capital of Police County. As of 2006, the town had 34,284 inhabitants. The name comes from Polish pole, which means "field"....

     (German Pölitz), a city in north-west Poland
    • The Port of Police
      Port of Police
      The Port of Police is a Polish seaport and deep water harbour in Police, Poland located at west side of Oder River, off the Szczecin Lagoon....

      , seaport on the Oder River in north-west Poland
  • Police, Greater Poland Voivodeship
    Police, Greater Poland Voivodeship
    Police is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sompolno, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sompolno, north-east of Konin, and east of the regional capital Poznań....

    , a village in west-central Poland
  • Police, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
    Police, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
    Police is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krośnice, within Milicz County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

     (German Politz), a village in south-west Poland
  • Polica
    Polica
    Polica, locally known as Police, is a mountain, , in southern Poland near Zawoja, in the Żywiec Beskids mountain range.LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashed on the northern slope of Police on 2 April 1969...

    , a mountain in southern Poland

Czech Republic

  • Police nad Metují
    Police nad Metují
    Police nad Metují is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Metuje flows through the town.-Twin towns — Sister cities:Police nad Metují is twinned with the following towns: Świdnica, Poland- External links :*...

    , (German Politz an der Mettau) in the Hradec Králové Region
  • Police u Valašského Meziříčí (Politz), a community in Okres Vsetín, Zlín Region
  • Horní Police (Oberpolitz) a community in Okres Česká Lípa, Liberec Region
  • Police u Jemnice (Pullitz), a community in Okres Třebíč, Vysočina Region
  • Police u Mohelnice (Polleitz), a community in Okres Šumperk, Olomouc Region

See also

  • Police officer
    Police officer
    A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...

  • Police state
    Police state
    A police state is one in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population...

  • List of basic law enforcement topics
  • Law enforcement (disambiguation)
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