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Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 3: Back in Training is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Jerry Paris, in which the first film's cadets return as instructors to save their academy from closure.
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Jim Drake and starring Steve Guttenberg, the fourth film in the Police Academy series.
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach is a 1988 American comedy film, the fifth in the Police Academy series, in which Commandant Eric Lassard is honored in Miami Beach.
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege is a 1989 American comedy film, the sixth in the Police Academy series, directed by Peter Bonerz and released by Warner Bros.
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), also Police Academy 7, is Alan Metter's final theatrical Police Academy comedy, in which Gaynes, Winslow, Graf, Easterbrook, and Bailey join Ron Perlman and Christopher Lee in Moscow; it grossed $126,247.
Police action
Police action: military force used without a formal declaration of war, against forces deemed to violate international law. Known from Truman's label for the Korean War (1950–53) and its influence on UN peacekeeping.
Police box
A police box, also called a police telephone box, is a street kiosk giving the public and officers a direct telephone link to the police station.
Police brutality
Police brutality: excessive or unjustified force by police beyond lawful limits. Covers UK legal framework, use-of-force recording (866,471 reports, 2025-26), IOPC accountability, misconduct test change, US deaths data, and public health effects.
Police brutality in the United States
Police brutality in the United States: excessive or unjustified force by law enforcement against civilians. Also called police use of excessive force. Defined by BJS standards, tracked since the 1994 federal data mandate, marked by racial disparities, health harms, and consent decree reform.
Police Bureau of the Government-General of Korea
The Police Bureau (경무국, 警務局) was the central police-administration organ of the Government-General of Korea, Japan's colonial government from 1910 to 1945, created in 1919.
Police car
A police car, also known as a police cruiser or squad car, is a vehicle used by law enforcement for patrol, pursuit, prisoner transport, and as a mobile office.
Police caution
A police caution in England and Wales has two meanings: the warning of the right to silence given before questioning, and an out-of-court sanction for admitted minor offenses.
Police commissioner
Police commissioner: senior head of a police force in the UK, India, Singapore, Australia, and elsewhere. Distinct from a police chief; title first used for Scotland in 1714; Delhi commissionerate system dates to 1978.
Police community support officer
Police community support officer (PCSO), a uniformed police staff role in England and Wales created by the Police Reform Act 2002; limited powers, no arrest power; 7,259 FTE in March 2026, down from a 2010 peak of 16,918.
Police Complaint
Police Complaint (పోలీస్ కంప్లైంట్) is a 2026 Telugu crime-horror thriller directed by Sanjeev Megoti, starring Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Naveen Chandra, released 12 June 2026, UA 16+, 156 minutes.
Police corruption
Police corruption: abuse of entrusted police power for private gain, from bribery and evidence fabrication to information misuse. Covers forms, UK and US history, IOPC oversight, Met scandals, and 2025-2026 reforms.
Police Department
The Police Department (Департамент полиции) was the Russian Empire's central authority for police administration and political investigation, formed in 1880 within the Ministry of Internal Affairs and abolished after the February Revolution of 1917.
Police dog
Police dog (K-9 unit): trained detection, tracking, and apprehension dog working with a police handler. Origins in 1899 Ghent; common breeds Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd; bites treated as use of force.
Police firearm use by country
Police firearm use by country: how often police in different nations carry and fire guns and kill civilians. Key facts: most countries routinely arm police (UK, China, New Zealand exceptions); US police killing rate far above peers; police killings strongly correlate with national homicide rates; data transparency varies widely.
Police misconduct
Police misconduct: breaches of police Standards of Professional Behaviour justifying discipline, and the England and Wales complaints system overseen by the IOPC, covering complaint volumes, 2025 misconduct statistics, dismissals, and 2023-2026 reforms.
Police motorcycle
A police motorcycle is a purpose-built or police-converted motorcycle used by law enforcement for traffic enforcement, escort and motorcade duty, and rapid movement through congested traffic.
Police of Russia (Полиция России)
Police of Russia (Полиция России), the national police under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, renamed from the militia by the 2011 Law on Police; known for the Medvedev reform and documented torture in custody.
Police of The Wire
Police of The Wire: the fictional Baltimore Police Department officers in HBO's The Wire (2002-2008), created by David Simon and Ed Burns, portrayed as a serialized procedural focusing on police violence, statistics, and institutional dysfunction.
Police officer
Police officer: sworn public employee with legal authority to patrol, arrest, and use defined force. Covers duties, entry, UK office of constable, 1829 Metropolitan Police Act, US pay ($77,310 median, 824,200 jobs), and reform evidence.
Police Piccadilly
Police Piccadilly (ポリスピカデリー) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer who debuted on Niconico in 2015, broke through with the Yamine Renri song 曖昧さ回避, and wrote Beat Eater for Project SEKAI.
Police Police (TV series)
Police Police (போலீஸ் போலீஸ்) is a 2025 Tamil comedy-drama web series on JioHotstar starring Mirchi Senthil as SI Raja and Jayaseelan as gambler Murali, who is secretly recruited into the police force; 100 episodes, Thai Creations, ended March 2026.
Police procedural
Police procedural: crime-fiction subgenre (term coined by Anthony Boucher, 1956) whose protagonists are police detectives solving crimes through realistic investigation, evidence, and interviews; dominant detective form since the mid 1970s, spanning Ed McBain novels, Dragnet, Hill Street Blues, and NCIS.
Police ranks and insignia of India
Police ranks and insignia of India: the uniform rank ladder from Constable to Director-General of Police across India's 28 state and 8 union territory forces, with state-emblem-and-stars badges, IPS officers at Assistant SP, and 86% constabulary strength.
Police ranks of the Philippines
The police ranks of the Philippines are the sixteen ranks of the Philippine National Police, from Police General to Patrolman/Patrolwoman, set by Republic Act No. 11200 in 2019.
Police ranks of the United Kingdom
Police ranks of the United Kingdom: the statutory hierarchy from constable to chief constable (Commissioner in London) set by the Police Act 1996 and Police Regulations 2003, covering the office of constable, rank responsibilities, pay scales, and workforce numbers.