provincial police
Britishnoun
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The allegations were first made public by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police boss Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi last Sunday.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
"Numerous accidents have occurred in the past," said former provincial police inspector general Naeem Khan.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2023
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
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
On the other hand, Sir Tancred was averse to going to the police; he knew what the provincial police were.
From The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Edgar Jepson
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