The phrase "a small number of Police" is not correct in standard written English.
The word "Police" should be used in a different context, as it typically refers to the police force as a whole rather than individual officers.
Example: "A small number of police officers were dispatched to the scene of the incident."
Alternatives: "a few police officers" or "a limited number of police personnel."
The protest passed without incident, with only a small number of police providing security.
Finally, a small number of police forces severely restrict the use of firearms by their personnel.
Condon says in any big force "there will always be a small number of police officers who can sadly be drawn into criminal matters".
The operations of the SDS were kept secret from the public and were known to only a small number of police officers, government ministers and Whitehall officials.
Mr. Weiner, a Democrat, began at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, dipped underground onto the subway, then emerged onto the streets of the West Village, trailed at all times by a few dozen reporters and a small number of police officers called in to keep the peace.
A small number of police and army officers participated in the protest.
In an earlier trial related to a smaller number of police stops in the Bronx, she found widespread constitutional violations.
Despite advance warning of the attack, only a small number of riot police, local police, and army soldiers were on duty to provide security, but they assisted the killings by disarming the Rohingya of their sticks and other rudimentary weapons they carried to defend themselves.
Most fall under one of four categories: (1) complete centralization in one police force; (2) high centralization, with a small number of national police forces; (3) regional centralization under federal authority; and (4) decentralized local policing, with a strong national agency.
France, Italy, and Spain exemplify the model of high centralization with a small number of national police forces.
This can include cases involving "damage to somebody's mental health", but will be restricted to use by the National Crime Agency and a small number of major police forces.
