How to Use law enforcement in a Sentence

law enforcement

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  • What will a law enforcement team of Nicole and Wynonna look like?
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Casey White and Vicky White drove out of the motel in the Cadillac and law enforcement followed in tow.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • And those are just the ones that have been announced by law enforcement agencies.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Growing up, many of the recruits’ lives were touched in some way by law enforcement.
    — Sam Russek, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Last week, law enforcement sources told ABC News there was not yet a clear picture of what led up to the murders.
    — Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Shots were then fired at law enforcement vehicles as deputies urged the man to stop shooting and leave the home.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The local fire department and law enforcement are still on the scene.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Marks said the man has not reported the assaults to law enforcement.
    — Christine MacDonald, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In most cases, the apps used vague language about when and how this data could be shared with law enforcement.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
  • The warrant process isn’t perfect, and judges need to be on the watch for law enforcement lying about their true purposes for a search.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Marchers were beaten and bloodied by White law enforcement; much of a nation had watched newsreel footage and were aghast.
    — Wil Haygood, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Card was wearing the same sweatshirt as the night of the shooting, according to law enforcement, which found him with two other guns.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Many were brought in by law enforcement on 5150s, and nurses will evaluate who needs to go to a locked hospital unit.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Prior to boarding, Wahi was stopped by law enforcement.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 26 Apr. 2023
  • At the time, law enforcement didn’t release any information about the circumstances of the death.
    — Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The plane was taxied to a remote area of O'Hare, where it was surrounded by first responders and law enforcement.
    — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • More than 200 law enforcement officers searched in shifts in recent days, Bivens said.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The big picture: Even though most threats turn out to be false alarms, ignoring them simply isn't an option for law enforcement.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Throughout his career, Sizemore was often in the headlines for his run-ins with law enforcement.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • For the latter, abortions can be performed up to eight weeks (or up to 14 weeks for minors) as long as the assault has been reported to law enforcement.
    — Eva Epker, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • With law enforcement unable to locate the mother and her child, the case eventually went cold.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
  • This is the latest wrangle between Worrell and the heads of local law enforcement agencies.
    — Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • There's a lot of emphasis on treatment as- as well as simply law enforcement.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • White said the fact that Berhan and his peers were in law enforcement only exacerbated the seriousness of the scheme.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The senior law enforcement source said the suspect appeared to be aiming the weapon before Secret Service fired shots.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2024
  • If a breach occurs, state and local law enforcement will work with the Red Cross to evacuate Panguitch, which sits about 10 miles downstream from the dam.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That's something that translates from football over to law enforcement.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Death, serious injury, or assault with a deadly weapon of law enforcement and the suspect fled.
    — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The statute of limitations in most felonies is three years — a deadline that played a key role in other charges that Price’s office pursued against law enforcement officers earlier this year.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Mulvey-Woolridge, who won approximately 51.1% of the vote, hopes to invest in law enforcement, improve roads and basic services and use tax dollars efficiently.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024

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