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.
A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.
The staff of such a department or agency, particularly its officers; (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaica, Scotland, countable) an individual police officer.
Any of the formally enacted law enforcement agencies at various levels of government.
A branch of the Home Office responsible for general law enforcement within a specific territory.
A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
People who try to enforce norms or standards as if granted authority similar to the police.
Cleanup of a military facility, as a formal duty.
To clean up an area.
To enforce norms or standards upon.
To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).