Traffic policeTraffic police (also known as traffic officers, traffic enforcement units, traffic cops, traffic monitors, or traffic enforcers) are police officers, units, and agencies who enforce traffic laws and manage traffic. Traffic police include police who patrol highways, direct traffic, and address traffic infractions. They may be a separate agency from a main police agency, a unit or division within a police agency, or a type of assignment issued to officers; they can also be part of a transportation authority or highway authority.
State policeState police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction over the relevant sub-national jurisdiction, and may cooperate in law enforcement activities with municipal or national police where either exist. In Argentina, as a federal country, each province has its own independent police force and its responsible of its funding, training and equipment.
Prefectural policeIn the law enforcement system in Japan, prefectural police are prefecture-level law enforcement agencies responsible for policing, law enforcement, and public security within their respective prefectures of Japan. Although prefectural police are, in principle, regarded as municipal police, they are mostly under the central oversight and control of the National Police Agency. As of 2017, the total strength of the prefectural police is approximately 260,400 sworn officers and 28,400 civilian staff, a total of 288,000 employees.
Commissariat de policethumb|Commissariat de la Police nationale française à Provins. Un commissariat de police est une unité territoriale des forces de police, généralement dirigée par un commissaire ou un commandant de police. Dans chaque département, les commissariats dépendent d'une direction départementale de la sécurité publique (DDSP). Celles-ci sont rattachées, au ministère de l'Intérieur, à la Direction centrale de la sécurité publique (DCSP).
Traffic ticketA traffic ticket is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user, indicating that the user has violated traffic laws. Traffic tickets generally come in two forms, citing a moving violation, such as exceeding the speed limit, or a non-moving violation, such as a parking violation, with the ticket also being referred to as a parking citation, or parking ticket.
ConnétableConnétable (du comes stabuli, « comte de l’étable », comprendre comte chargé des écuries et donc, à l’origine, de la cavalerie de guerre) était une haute dignité de nombreux royaumes médiévaux. Selon les pays, son rôle était généralement de commander l’armée et de régler les problèmes entre chevaliers ou nobles, via un tribunal spécial, comme la Court of Chivalry anglaise ou la juridiction du point d'honneur française. Parfois, il avait aussi un pouvoir de police. Le connétable était secondé par un ou plusieurs maréchaux.
Traffic stopA traffic stop, commonly referred to as being pulled over, is a temporary detention of a driver of a vehicle and its occupants by police to investigate a possible crime or minor violation of law. A traffic stop is usually considered to be a Terry stop and, as such, is a seizure by police; the standard set by the United States Supreme Court in Terry v. Ohio regarding temporary detentions requires only reasonable articulable suspicion that a crime has occurred or is about to occur.
Police (institution)300px|thumb|Agents de la police nationale française à Strasbourg. Le terme « police » désigne de manière générale l'activité consistant à assurer la sécurité des personnes, des biens et maintenir l'ordre public en faisant appliquer la loi. Il faut entendre par le terme « loi », les règles et normes formelles d'un code établi dans un pays. Les forces de police (communément appelées « la police ») sont les agents (militaires ou civils) qui exercent cette fonction.
