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policing
[ puh-lee-sing ]
noun
- the act of maintaining public order and security, enforcing the law, or regulating or controlling something, by or as if by members of a police force:
No matter what style is adopted for the policing of a community, officers must use discretion in interpreting the activities of citizens.
Careful family use of the internet doesn't need to be a punitive policing of children's activities online.
- Military. the act of cleaning up a camp or post or of keeping it clean:
After the major’s visit, the policing of the entire camp and all the fighting positions improved 100 percent.
Other 51Թ Forms
- -··Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of policing1
Example Sentences
The department noted that while the National Guard can help with traffic control and disaster response, they are not peace officers and therefore cannot perform policing duties.
Among the challenges, she said, are the department’s “hollowed out” community policing program and long-standing issues with racism.
In November we spoke to Amy Wilkes, 23, from Coventry who was struggling to find a job after getting a degree in criminology, policing and investigation.
"We will have less policing capacity and capability at a time when demand has been steadily increasing," the commissioner writes.
As it is not a legal term, cities have taken different approaches, some establishing policies in law and others simply changing policing practices.
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