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Discover LudwigThe phrase "amount of police" is not correct in standard written English.
It should be replaced with "number of police" as "police" is a countable noun.
Example: "The number of police present at the event ensured everyone's safety."
Alternatives: "number of officers" or "count of police personnel."
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Drug dog units require a large amount of police resources.
Photo of the unbelievable amount of police in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy during Julian #Assange's speech.
Mr Silvester, 28, who lives in a flat nearby the north London property where the shooting took place, said "right after" a "huge amount of police showed up".
The locations that consistently made us the most money with the least amount of police hassle became regular stops in our roving rock show.
"Although there was a certain amount of police activity -- there always is -- it went off without a major situation," Mayor Giuliani said.
"I was quite staggered by the amount, and also the amount of police that had to be drafted in from other areas.
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"Jon Stoddart is a skilled and dedicated investigator who will bring a huge amount of policing experience to this demanding job.
Adam D. Thierer, the president of the Progress and Freedom Foundation in Washington, a pro-business research organization, said that "most people would say, I want my carrier to be doing a certain amount of policing for potentially harmful or fraudulent activities," and would hold the carrier responsible if things went wrong.
Garner's killing was a tragedy, and no amount of policing reform will fill the void left in his family's hearts.
Similarly, aij is the amount of policing by the jth individual in the ith group and ai. is the average level of policing within group i.
Once the inquiry was raised to high risk, huge amounts of police resources were allocated to the investigation.
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