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    of some detention facilities (usually at the local level). Policing in the United States is conducted by "around 18,000 federal, state and local law...
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  • In the United States, the practice of predictive policing has been implemented by police departments in several states such as California, Washington,...
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  • Women in policing in the United States, colloquially known as women police or female cop, began as early as the 1890s. Women make up 12.6% of all U.S...
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  • The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps...
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    reform in policing around police brutality and discrimination. The police abolition movement is a political movement that advocates replacing policing with...
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    The United States Army Military Police Corps (USAMPC) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. Investigations are conducted by...
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  • Police uniforms in the United States vary widely due to the nation's tradition of highly decentralized law enforcement. Over time, however, a number of...
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    The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the...
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    In the United States, the state police is a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and...
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    in 1792, making it among the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. In 2004, the United States Mint Police employed 376 police...
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