The various government agencies, regarded collectively, involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals.
The task of ensuring obedience to the law.
The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.