How to Use police force in a Sentence

police force

noun
  • He joined the local police force.
  • The bases have their own police force and courts.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Pifer, who is still on the police force, was not charged in the killing.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • So, too, did the campus police force.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The court has no police force of its own to enforce warrants.
    — Mike Corder and Raf Casert, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Marechaussee police force because of the color of their skin.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The team then headed to the local police force.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Pikachu could not be tamed, let alone caught by Turkish police forces at a protest this week.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
  • None of officers who fired their guns in the raid remain on the police force.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The police force did not name the suspect but said he was being questioned.
    — Peter D'abrosca , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen.
    — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025
  • His job with the Bartlett, Illinois, police force kept him on his feet.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The entire police force of Norfolk is here.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Marc Davis, 35, who has been on the police force nine years, was charged with one count of fraud.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The total budget for the two would be equal to at least 1% of the police force budget.
    — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Jon’s dad and my dad were friends in the police force together in Dallas.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Country Living, 22 June 2021
  • Metra has conductors on every train as well as its own police force.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That means getting ahead of it now; boost our police force and retain our officers.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • The police force has apologized for the distress caused to the two athletes.
    — NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s police force since it was passed.
    — Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s police force since it was passed.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The city north of Seattle has a small staff that includes a police force and public works crew.
    — David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2022
  • The town had set a deadline to start the police force by August, but that didn’t happen.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The chief thanked Schaaf for supporting a plan to increase the size of the city’s police force.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2021
  • His father was also on the Chicago police force.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • George, who had been with the police force for 10 years at the time of the shooting, could not be reached for comment.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And the town, shocked into action, abolished its entire police force.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The first police force that were at the scene of the crime appear confused and disorganized.
    — Sheena Scott, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The change to public safety is a big upset given the high crime rates in the city and the shrinking police force.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Newsweek reached out to the petsitter and to the relevant police force for comment.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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