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For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Many UNC students have policed each other during the pandemic by reporting violations and often documenting them with video footage.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2021

And even people who are in positions of power are starting to understand how ingrained racial issues are in how we police and how we have policed in the past.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2020

“The beginning of a new era for Northern Ireland – one in which we’re free from oppressive laws that have policed our bodies and healthcare,” said Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland campaign manager.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2019

Ever since they have policed the Persian Gulf, put down piracy, slave and gun-running, and lighted the places dangerous to navigation.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)