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# police

«police» in Mova's school dictionary: **to keep everyone safe, help people in danger and make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (police — a group word with a plural verb: the police are)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The police are the people whose job is to keep everyone safe, help people in danger and make sure the laws are kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#m1)

2) A police officer is one person who works for the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: people or cars counted; police officers in groups or shifts; «officers per car» is a rate. Safety: in an emergency call the police (999 in the UK and Ireland, 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand); a police officer is a safe person to ask for help if you are lost. In stories: the police catch a thief. Phrases: call the police, police officer, police car, police station, the police are coming.

### examples

- There are 12 police officers at the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x1)
- Each police car has 2 officers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x2)
- 4 police cars came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x3)
- How many police officers work in 3 shifts of 8? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x4)
- If you are lost, ask a police officer for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x5)
- The police are looking for the missing dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x6)
- A police car went past with its siren on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x7)
- We visited the police station on our school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x8)
- They hurried off to consult the police and see what could be done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/#x9)

### note

Use a plural verb: «the police are», not «the police is». One person is «a police officer» (older words: policeman, policewoman). A counted group; «officers per car» is a rate. No clue by itself. Trap: «police» is a group word, count «officers» or «cars».

### In the corpora

- [Taxes pay for schools, the NHS, roads, police and benefits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/15/)
- [Police officers are people you can go to for help if you are lost or scared.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/4/)
- [A siren and flashing blue lights mean police are rushing to an emergency, and other drivers must pull over to let them through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/5/)
- [Being arrested means the police think someone may have committed a crime and will question them; it is not yet proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/8/)
- [Usually the facts are small and boring: a car, a van, an ambulance, a police car for twenty minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «police» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/police/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.