Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and …

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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English

Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.

when the rule of law is breached in Spain with the police violence on October the 1st 2017 or the use of


PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 24 April 2024 English

In the same vein, a press release from the Burkina Faso presidency stated that “the experts discussed subjects of common interest to the peoples of the three states and drew …

was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security


CASP: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention · 23 April 2024 English

9-8-8 requires co-operation and partnership between many stakeholders and rightsholders across all Provinces and Territories in Canada, and the existing crisis and distress sector, as well as meaningful involvement of …

investigator in the evaluation of Grande Prairie’s mobile Police and Crisis Team (PACT), an effort to address how


RAND Corporation · 22 April 2024 English

challenges in studying racial bias in police shootings of civilians. They discuss the importance of thinking about bias as a process and its implications for research on police shootings in the United States

on Racial Bias in Police Shootings S hootings of racial minority civilians by police officers have long Lives Matter. Police in the United States shoot people at far higher rates than police in other economically is especially true of the relationship between police in the United States and the country’s minority become a national flash- point and that high-profile police shootings weigh so heavily on the psyche of Americans answer a fun- damental question: To what extent are police shootings of civilians driven by racial bias?


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 22 April 2024 English

Second, India sought to reconcile the divergent positions of the two Superpower blocs in the Council.6 Moreover, India proposed the formation of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC) and later …

“Troops and Police Contributors”, at https:// peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors (Accessed Military Advisers, Deputy Military Advisers, Civilian Police Advisers to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Table 2.1: India’s Past UN Missions Mission Staff Police Troops Officers Korea (1950-1953) -- -- 346 Korea APPROACHES TO UNITED NATIONS | 17 Mission Staff Police Troops Officers Namibia (1989-90) 138 -- -- Angola Source: https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/troop-and-police-contributors (Accessed on 15 December 2023). https://peacekeeping


RAND Corporation · 22 April 2024 English

Drawing on findings from focus groups with diverse Village Movement members and leaders, the authors explore participants' views about healthy aging, their views on how Villages support healthy aging, and …

fewer people are needing ambulance care, that the police are not coming to deal with helping people get


22 April 2024 English

The horrific attacks of October 7 have caused incredible tension within communities, sparking a wave of hatred and abuse. Hostility on the streets, racist abuse and empowered extremists now feel …

report made clear, should be used to control and police a much wider range of activity, extending “far attitudes that would not be classed as crimes by police.”3 It was “required in order to bring about a or “Islamophobic” appear nowhere in any law, the police, who are supposed to apply the law, have started within that category. It may be unfair to blame the police for this confusion. In 2019, when it rejected way to dispute that many people, including the police, may well use the term “Islamophobia” with the


ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English

Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …

well as international migration centres. >> The police should not interfere in the dispute resolution for entrepreneurship initiatives. >> Police Sensitization: The police often harass sex workers and pose trained and punitive action should be taken against police officers who harass sex workers. >> Sex workers workers who face violence also do not go to the police to register complaints out of fear of being harassed them even more vulnerable to facing crimes. The police must be instructed to register FIRs in the event


ActionAid Association (India) · 19 April 2024 English

Beyond the scheme-based commitments which some state governments and the central government have given in the form of urban employment schemes or the rural employment guarantee act << 2 >> …

well as international migration centres. >> The police should not interfere in the dispute resolution for entrepreneurship initiatives. >> Police Sensitization: The police often harass sex workers and pose trained and punitive action should be taken against police officers who harass sex workers. >> Sex workers workers who face violence also do not go to the police to register complaints out of fear of being harassed them even more vulnerable to facing crimes. The police must be instructed to register FIRs in the event


CASP: Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention · 19 April 2024 English

9-8-8 requires co-operation and partnership between many stakeholders and rightsholders across all Provinces and Territories in Canada, and the existing crisis and distress sector, as well as meaningful involvement of …

investigator in the evaluation of Grande Prairie’s mobile Police and Crisis Team (PACT), an effort to address how


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