noncriminal

[nahn-krim-uhn-uhl]

adjective

1. not involving criminal acts, activities, or laws.

noun

plural

noncriminals 

1. a person who does not engage in criminal activities and who abides by the law.

Other Word Forms

• noncriminalization noun

Example Sentences

Historically, ICE has avoided immigration enforcement at and around courthouses, especially over noncriminal proceedings, because they want to encourage people to follow proper immigration procedure.

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Glendale City Council members defended the detentions this week, saying that the city had an 18-year-old contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to temporarily house noncriminal detainees.

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Erin Palacios, executive director of the Prisma Legal Center for Youth Justice, said if the department won’t comply with the state’s shutdown order, it should at least work to reduce the population at Los Padrinos, where many detainees are being held awaiting foster care placement or on noncriminal probation violations such as missing school or violating curfew.

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Mayor Karen Bass campaigned on rebuilding the LAPD’s ranks, while also investing in violence prevention programs and alternatives to police for nonviolent, noncriminal calls for service.

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They have pushed for handing off more of these noncriminal calls to a Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team, or SMART, which pairs officers with county mental health clinicians who are trained in peacefully de-escalating standoffs with mentally ill people who may not respond well to shouted commands and flashing police lights.

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