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New York City Police Commissioner
The New York City Police Commissioner, or NYPD Commissioner, heads the New York City Police Department, appointed by the mayor; Jessica Tisch has held the post since 2024.
New York City Police Department
New York City Police Department (NYPD), New York's Finest, is the city's municipal police force, founded 1845, consolidated 1898, and since 2013 under a federal monitor overseeing court-ordered stop-and-frisk reforms.
New York State Police
New York State Police (NYSP), New York's statewide full-service police agency founded April 11, 1917; second largest force in the state with over 4,700 uniformed troopers, eleven Troops, and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Nigeria Police Force
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is Nigeria's principal, federally controlled law enforcement agency under an Inspector-General, formed by the 1930 merger of regional colonial forces, marked by documented corruption and SARS abuses, and now facing state-police decentralization.
Oak Park Heights Prison
Minnesota Correctional Facility – Oak Park Heights (MCF-OPH) is Minnesota's only Level 5 maximum-security adult male prison, opened 1982 in Stillwater, capacity 473, with an Administrative Control Unit, Transitional Care Unit, and Mental Health Unit.
OMON (ОМОН)
OMON (ОМОН) is a Russian special-purpose riot police unit created by MVD order on 3 October 1988, expanded across the USSR and Russia, and transferred to Rosgvardia in 2016; Belarus maintains a same-named riot police force.
Ontario Provincial Police
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Established in 1909, it polices municipalities without their own forces and patrols provincial highways.
Operation Paget
Operation Paget was the Metropolitan Police criminal inquiry (2004–2006), led by Lord Stevens, into conspiracy allegations around the 1997 Paris deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al Fayed; its 832-page report found no conspiracy and a tragic accident.
Operation Toofan
Operation Toofan ("The Narco Hunt", ഓപ്പറേഷൻ തൂഫാൻ) is a statewide anti-narcotics campaign in Kerala, India, led by the Kerala Police and launched by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan on June 2, 2026.
Organization of the New York City Police Department
Organization of the NYPD: the New York City Police Department's bureau structure, 78 precincts, 12 transit districts, 9 housing PSAs, patrol boroughs, leadership under the Police Commissioner, and oversight bodies.
Our Rescue
Our Rescue, formerly Operation Underground Railroad, is a Utah-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2013 that supports anti-trafficking law enforcement operations, survivor care, and ESD K9 programs; led by CEO Derek Benner after founder Tim Ballard's 2023 resignation.
Philippine National Police
Philippine National Police (PNP), Pulis ng Pilipinas: national civilian police force under the DILG, created by RA 6975 in 1991 from the PC/INP; about 232,000 members, NAPOLCOM oversight, eight focus crimes, and drug-war accountability controversies.
Podocheong
Podocheong, also shortened to Pocheong, was the representative security institution of late Joseon Korea, arresting thieves and interrogating criminals from King Jungjong's reign until its abolition in 1894.
Police
Police: public, specialized, professional forces for order and law enforcement, distinct from the military; pioneered in France and consolidated by London's Metropolitan Police (1829), then diffused worldwide, with oversight, community policing, and AI-era technology as modern themes.
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 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 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 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 Scotland
Police Scotland is the national police force of Scotland, formed 1 April 2013 by merging eight regional forces under the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, overseen by the Scottish Police Authority with a £1.7 billion 2026/27 budget.
Police Service of Northern Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the police force for Northern Ireland, formed in 2001 to replace the Royal Ulster Constabulary as part of the Patten reforms.
Police station
Police station: fixed base of a police force with offices, public reporting counters, and custody suites; PACE-designated stations require a sergeant custody officer; closures show mixed crime effects.
Police vehicles in the United Kingdom
Police vehicles in the United Kingdom: marked and unmarked cars, vans, motorcycles, and aircraft of UK forces. Covers blue-light and siren law, PV performance categories, driver training, fleet size near 40,000, and electrification.
Polish State Police
The Polish State Police (Policja Państwowa) was the unified state police force of the Second Polish Republic, created in 1919, whose captured officers were murdered at Katyn in 1940 before its dissolution in 1944.
Prantiya Rakshak Dal (प्रान्तीय रक्षक दल)
Prantiya Rakshak Dal (प्रान्तीय रक्षक दल), also Pradeshik Vikas Dal, is Uttar Pradesh's 1948-statute volunteer auxiliary force under the Youth Welfare Department, distinct from the Home Guards, with duty allowances raised to Rs 600 per day.
Prescott Fire Department
Prescott Fire Department, the career all-hazards fire and EMS agency of Prescott, Arizona, founded 1885 and the oldest organized fire agency in Arizona; home of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, who lost 19 members in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.
Punjab Police (India)
Punjab Police (India) is the state law enforcement agency of Punjab, India, descended from the colonial-era force under the Police Act 1861 and now governed by the Punjab Police Act 2007, with its 1891 Phillaur training school and the Saanjh community policing programme.
Punjab Police (Pakistan)
Punjab Police (Pakistan) is the provincial law enforcement force of Punjab, headed by an IGP under the Police Order 2002, tracing to the Police Act of 1861 and Punjab Police Rules of 1934, with an Investigation Branch, Women Safety App, and contested human rights record.
Rampart scandal
Rampart scandal: late-1990s LAPD police corruption scandal centered on the CRASH anti-gang unit of the Rampart Division, exposed in 1999 by officer Rafael Perez; implicated about 70 officers, overturned 156 felony convictions, cost about $70 million, and produced a federal consent decree.
Royal Malaysia Police
Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia, PDRM), Malaysia's national police force founded 25 March 1807 in Penang, granted the Royal title 24 July 1958; 137,574 personnel, Bukit Aman HQ, 14 contingents, 837 stations.