Example Sentences

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She said the incident highlights what’s wrong with the system: overpolicing and overcharging for an outdated service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

We showed the note to Habib Kadiri, director of StopWatch, a campaign group which focuses on police stop and search and the "overpolicing of marginalised communities".

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023

Jason Picanzo, who led the local precinct’s community engagement team from its start in 2018 to the beginning of 2021, acknowledges the toll of years of overpolicing.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2021

“I think the more creatives that speak out about the role of Hollywood in both perpetuating but also ending systems of overpolicing, the better,” Abdullah said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020

Even these readers acknowledge the risks of overpolicing artists if the practice were to be taken to the extreme.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2017