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Projekti poliiseille, nimismiehille, kruununvoudeille ja kaupungivoudeille. Poliisi on valtiovallan organisaatio, joka turvaa oikeus- ja yhteiskuntajärjestystä, ylläpitää yleistä järjestystä ja turvallisuutta, ennaltaehkäisee rikoksia sekä selvittää näitä ja saattaa nämä syyteharkintaan. Sana poliisi juontuu ranskan kielen kautta kreikan sanasta politeia, joka viittaa hallitukseen tai hallintoo...
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. The term encompasses police, courts, and corrections. Modern state legal codes use the term peace officer, or law enforcement officer, to include every person vested...
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. Description Historically, a sheriff was a legal official with responsibility for a shire, the term being a contraction of "shire reeve" (Old English scīrgerefa).[1][2] The sheriff would manage a county on behalf of the king. Typical duties would i...
From c. 1131–1889, by a charter of Henry I, the livery of the City of London were given the right to elect two sheriffs of "London and Middlesex" on a payment of £300 per annum to the Crown. This continued until 1889, when the Local Government Act 1888 came into force. A separate High Sheriff of Middlesex and High Sheriff of the County of London was thereafter appointed in the same manner as ot...