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Militsya

«Police of the Soviet-era Eastern Europe were (or are, in some cases, like in the Russian Federation) called the militsiya.» — to someone who can edit this article: please remove the reference to "Russian Federation", their police units changed its name to "politsija". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.95.36.5 (talk) 13:25, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Moved semi-protect message

I moved the semi-protection message to above the other uses message. I felt it looked better and felt more natural there. Zell Faze (talk) 20:57, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 7 July 2012

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Under subheading "Protection of individuals" 'since 1856' should say

something like "consistently ruled" when referring to the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings that there is no constitutional duty of law enforcement to protect individuals from other individuals' behavior, but rather to protect society as a whole. The first of these rulings was "South v. Maryland" (1855) and, more recently, this century's Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005).

216.120.186.11 (talk) 17:31, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done S.G.^(GH) _ping! 19:23, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

I for one think that the line "Thai Traffic Police in Surin, Thailand" under the first picture is a tad redundant, and the redlink isn't helping either.

Having it say "Traffic Police in Surin, Thailand" would be a much better description.124.180.181.17 (talk) 11:09, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious claim of "oldest police force in the world" repeated here inaccurately and without evidence

Famously, the Metropolitan Police had to give a written undertaking to the Advertising Standards Authority never to repeat its claim of being "the oldest police force in the world" to avoid formal enforcement action - because it wasn't true, not by a long chalk.

The claim here, in respect of the Marine Police, is at best dubious, and possibly untrue, given the establishment of a uniformed body of constables, wearing uniforms with "Police" badges, in the City of Glasgow in 1789. The fact that this police force failed due to financial difficulties, and had to wait until 1800 until an Act of Parliament provided a statutory basis for its funding, does not stop it being the oldest police force in the UK. After all, the Marine Police - in that form - ceased to exist when it was subsumed into the Metropolitan Police, so if defunct police forces still count, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

And of course a whole host of Scottish borough police forces, starting with the City of Glasgow Police in 1800, pre-dated the Met...! 217.169.14.81 (talk) 03:33, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For example, the catalan Police, the Mossos d'Esquadra, was founded in 1719 --213.248.110.84 (talk) 21:04, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 24 May 2013

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169.139.19.135 (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]