Sentence examples for direct police from inspiring English sources

"The government does not direct police investigations," a source said.

The director-general of the NCA has the power to direct police chiefs, including the head of the Met.

He ignored a direct police order not to follow Trayvon Martin, he initiated the encounter, and he intentionally shot and killed an unarmed teenager.

A Downing Street source said Number 10 was "kept abreast of the operation " to detain David Miranda, but denied any political involvement in the decision, adding: "The Government does not direct police investigations".

He called on the Government to go further and direct police forces to record domestic wildlife offences such as poaching and the persecution of badgers, bats and birds of prey.

Sir Henry Brooke, the home secretary, personally ordered the head of Scotland Yard to "get" Ward – a breach of the rule that government ministers must not direct police operations.

He reportedly directed police to the location of the victim's body.

The spokesman denied that Cameron and May had been directing police on an operational matter.

"You directed police officers and emergency personnel to those most desperately in need.

It was as though Paul Thomas Anderson had directed Police Academy 2, or David Fincher had made The Care Bears Movie.

But other sections are still in force, including the one directing police to check the papers of those they stop.