Sentence examples for empowered to detain from inspiring English sources

Under stop-and-frisk, New York police officers were empowered to detain and search people for often-vague pretexts.

Patrols made up of state law enforcement officers, civil protection officials and federal immigration agents will not be empowered to detain immigrants headed across the desert.

Officials and the electorate mandated workplace raids and empowered police to detain those they suspected of being in the country illegally.

The Americans have bolstered Sunni groups in Amiriya by empowering them to detain suspected Qaeda fighters and approving ammunition supplies to Sunni fighters from Iraqi Army units.

The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the warrant empowered the officers to detain the two men "as soon as reasonably practicable" after they left the apartment.

The Suppression of Communism Act (1950) defined communism and its aims broadly to include any opposition to the government and empowered the government to detain anyone it thought might further "communist" aims.

The laws in place since 1981 empower authorities to detain people without charge and curb strikes and protests.

A community empowered to govern itself".

They're empowered to do so.

We felt empowered to be better parents".

And it would empower American officials to detain suspected terrorists without the approval of Iraqi authorities.