provincial police
Britishnoun
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"Upon entering the house, we were confronted with an act of absolute madness," provincial police commander Claudio Papagno told the Ansa news agency.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
A spokesman for provincial police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which neighbours Afghanistan, said that ammunition caught fire, "most probably due to an electric short-circuit".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2023
Air support units with the Quebec provincial police and Ontario Provincial Police are expected to assist with the investigation of the area.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Marcel Savard, a former deputy chief and 40-year veteran of the Sûreté du Québec, Quebec’s provincial police force, for which Gamache works in the books, said he appreciated the inspector’s relentlessness and humanity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
He told her that Hauck and Brokaw would not dare to cause them trouble, as they were carrying on a business of which the provincial police would make short work, if they knew of it.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Ralph, Lester
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