Sentence examples for control over police from inspiring English sources

Such groups often exercise significant control over police in their territories, particularly municipal forces.

Without much control over police enforcement of the law, safety advocates in the county are becoming more creative on prevention.

Handing control over police budgets and senior appointments to mayors and local authorities would bring more accountability without needing more officials.

Mr. Medvedev said the federal government should take more control over police departments across Russia in an effort to tamp down corruption.

Union control over police working conditions necessarily entails less control for the public, and that means less transparency and less accountability in cases of police violence.

The Tamils offered to abandon separatism in return for provincial autonomy but Mr. Jayewardene says they want too much territory and too much control over police.

Two decades ago, Madrid agreed to give Catalonia full control over policing under its own force, the Mossos d'Esquadra.

The Labour party confirmed that it had not asked the police to remove the message and had no control over policing outside the secure zone.

"Giving people democratic control over policing priorities is a huge step forward in empowering communities," the party manifesto claimed in 2010.

The introduction of directly-elected commissioners was hailed by its Conservative architects as a vital step in "giving people democratic control over policing priorities".

The government says PCCs will give local people more control over policing, but opponents have warned the changes will politicise the police - and low turnout shows people don't want them.