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Law enforcement officer
A law enforcement officer (LEO), or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector or private-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws, protecting life & property, keeping the peace, and other public safety related duties. Law enforcement officers are designated certain powers & authority by law to allow them to carry out their responsibilities. Modern legal codes use the term peace officer (or in some jurisdictions, law enforcement officer) to include every person vested by the legislating state with law enforcement authority.
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is a police unit, detail, or law enforcement agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways within a jurisdiction. They are also referred to in many countries as traffic police, although in other countries this term is more commonly used to refer to foot officers on point duty who control traffic at junctions. Duties of highway patrols or traffic police may include the following: Accident investigation Gathering evidence to determine the cause of a roadway accident.
Traffic guard
Traffic guards, also known as traffic controllers and flaggers, are trained to set up warning signs and barricades to slow down the speed of traffic in a temporary traffic control zone. When they are on scene they will set up equipment to warn approaching traffic about the incident. Traffic guards use a variety of equipment: Signal flags. Signal hand sign; called stop/slow paddles in the United States, these are a sign that has 'stop' on one side and 'slow' or 'go' on the other side. Traffic vest.
Québec
Le Québec ( ) est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. Vivent également au sein du territoire québécois onze nations autochtones. La capitale du Québec est la ville de Québec, et sa métropole est Montréal. La langue officielle du Québec est le français. Situé dans la région centrale du pays, entre l'Ontario à l'ouest, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador au nord-est et le Nouveau-Brunswick à l'est, il partage également une frontière sud-est avec les États-Unis.
Traffic ticket
A 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.
Shérif
Shérif (sheriff) est une fonction politique et publique (en vigueur au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Australie, en Irlande et en Inde), de même que la personne chargée de cette fonction. Shérif de la Cité de Londres La fonction de shérif est originaire de l’Angleterre prénormande. Le terme est né d'une contraction des mots anglo-saxons Shire reeve, désignant respectivement : pour le Shire, une circonscription administrative similaire au comté ; pour le reeve, un officier, agent d'un seigneur féodal (très proche du concept du bailli) qui faisait appliquer l’ordre parmi les serfs du domaine.
Véhicule de police
vignette|Voiture de base de la Police nationale française (Citroën Berlingo II) vignette|Une voiture de Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (Ford Taurus) Un véhicule de police est un véhicule motorisé utilisé par les forces de police. Un véhicule de police est un outil à disposition des policiers pour mener à bien leur mission de maintien de l'ordre public. Il peut leur servir à se déplacer, effectuer des patrouilles, poursuivre des fugitifs, transporter des détenus ou servir d'escorte.
Organisme chargé de l'application de la loi
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the law. LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEAs will have some form of geographic restriction on their ability to apply their powers. The LEA might be able to apply its powers within a country, for example the United States' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or its Drug Enforcement Administration; within a division of a country, for example the Australian state Queensland Police; or across a collection of countries, for example international organizations such as Interpol, or the European Union's Europol.
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.
Law enforcement
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. These three components may operate independently of each other or collectively, through the use of record sharing and mutual cooperation. Throughout the world, law enforcement are also associated with protecting the public, life, property, and keeping the peace in society.