Law enforcement

thumb|Landespolizei|German State Police officer in Hamburg, with the rank of ("police chief master with upgraded pay")

A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters.

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility and arguments of the parties, and then issues a ruling in the case based on their interpretation of the law and their own personal judgment. A judge is expected to conduct the trial impartially and, typically, in an open court.

Security is protection from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercion). Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, or any other entity or phenomenon vulnerable to unwanted change. thumb|Refugees fleeing war and insecurity in Iraq and Syria arrive at [[Lesbos Island, supported by Spanish volunteers, 2015]] Security mostly refers to protection from hostile forces, but it has a wide range of other senses: for example, as the absence of harm (e.g., freedom from want); as the presence of an esse

legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers

A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against the defendant, an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person.

A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads them to arrest criminals and enable them to be convicted in court. A detective may work for the police or privately.

state controlled by the police force

thumb|Surveillance cameras in Gdynia, Poland thumb|Surveillance Camera to support the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia|Washington, DC Police

maximum legal speed of vehicles

thumb|GIGN operators in 2015. GIGN is the counterterrorist tactical unit of the [[National Gendarmerie of France.]] Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts, private-sector organisations.

thumb|A police interrogation room in Switzerland Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful information, particularly information related to suspected crime. Interrogation may involve a diverse array of techniques, ranging from developing a congenial rapport with the subject to torture.

intelligence agency and or police agency, law enforcement office which operates in secrecy

government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws

system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to enforce the law

the function of governments which ensures the protection of citizens, persons in their territory, organizations, and institutions against threats to their well-being

authority responsible for law enforcement and prosecution service

intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population

thumb|United States Air Force Security Forces personnel patrolling during the [[Gulf War]]

small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held

policy with no discretion for leniency

Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it.

enforcement of traffic laws and traffic management

law enforcement occupation

organization

figurative reference to the position of police in society

sporting events for police officers and firefighters

government organization

Vigilantism () is an act commonly summarized as "taking the law into one's own hands" which, according to Merriam Webster, means "to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though one does not have the right to do that." A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism.

alt=An armed suspect flees the scene while engaged in a shootout with police|thumb|280x280px|A still from police body camera footage of a shootout between a suspect and [[Volusia County, Florida sheriff's deputies in 2019]] A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a confrontation in which parties armed with firearms exchange gunfire. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used in a non-military context or to describe combat situations primarily using firearms (generally excluding crew-served weapons, combat vehicles, armed aircraft, or e

type of company

official statistics on criminal behavior

form of corruption involving the police

part of UN peace operations

branch police organisation

flashlight used in conjunction with a firearm

slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments

motorcycles used by police

transportation of prisoners by law enforcement agencies or contractors

maintenance of peace within a state

group of police officers who enforce the law on water

police unit or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency

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action taken by appropriately empowered authorities to check that road vehicles are complying with the speed limit in force on roads and highways

process of identification of a person, for security concerns

unofficial but encouraged safe speed where a statutory speed limit is not posted

term in mental health services

radio communication systems used by police

thumb|Giant likeness of Qazybek Biy in [[Karaganda, Kazakhstan]] Biy () were elected Kazakh judges and administrators during the Kazakh Khanate era. Biys were below Sultans in rank. Many consider "Biy" to simply be a Kazakh variation of "Bey", though there are major differences: like, for example, the fact that "biy" is not an inheritable position.

philosophy that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force

inability to breathe due to body position or posture

distance that should be maintained between vehicles so the trailing vehicle can safely stop without hitting the car in front

rank in the police

extensive and thorough search for a wanted fugitive

Technique used to communicate with people who are threatening violence

mental-health wellbeing related visit from law officers

political movement which advocates replacing police forces with other systems of public safety

position assigned to a worker on a shift or watch, carrying responsibility for supervision, administrative work, and incident response

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