Sentence examples for function of the police from inspiring English sources

Dr. Jordan said the purpose was to "explain the function of the police".

"The core function of the police is to protect the people," Mr. Chagonja said.

I stand to be corrected by more knowledgeable Guardian readers, but as far as I can see the police's power to close roads in the type of situation flamesnm describes doesn't derive from statute but is a function of the police's common law duty to protect life and property.

If you take a Marxist perspective on history and society, which I obviously kind of do, you'll realize that the major function of the police is, and has always been, the protection of the establishment and of the system of capitalism itself.

The functions of the police are the prevention, suppression, and investigation of crimes.

If you haven't read Sir Ian Blair's Guardian article endorsing plans to privatise many of the functions of the police, you ought to.

The Greater Manchester mayor will have powers covering a devolved and consolidated transport budget, with a multi-year settlement to be agreed at the next spending review, franchised bus services, strategic planning, a new housing investment fund and the functions of the police and crime commissioner.

Even the function of the traffic police is to keep things moving, rather than issue citations which only will worsen the flow of traffic by slowing things down.

Our technique is named Fuzzy Logic-Based Multiple Access (FLBMA) to remark the central function of the fuzzy policer.

The investigation of crimes was not a central function of the early preventive police departments in England and the United States.

On 1 January 2013, a task force headed by the Union Home Secretary was established to look into women's safety issues in Delhi and review the functioning of the city police force on a regular basis.