The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the saf
German State Police officer in Hamburg, with the rank of Polizeihauptmeister mit Zulage ("police chief master with upgraded pay")
Jeremy Bentham, philosopher who advocated for the establishment of preventive police forces and influenced the reforms of Sir Robert Peel
Uniformed police officers of the West Midlands Police
Oklahoma City Police Department detectives in "plainclothes" attire investigating a homicide crime scene
A police officer is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, police officer is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank officer is legally re
Metropolitan Police officers in London
Policemen in Indonesia patrolling the streets in West Sumatra
A Hokkaido Prefectural Police officer conducting a routine inspection in Ashibetsu.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary officers guarding the scene of a traffic collision involving a lorry and a bridge.