### social organization | agency:

News organization
* are in the business of grabbing and keeping adult viewers
  - selling subtle brands
* is an agency

### social organization | agency:

Police
* are agents of the ruling class, and, as such, soldiers who serve their interests
  - amongst the most mobile government servants
  - conservators of the peace
  - historians, they show up after a crime, say, rape or murder
  - individuals employed by the government
  - people
  - practically the only ones that carry guns, at least visibly
  - responsible for a number of things in abusive situations
* can force youth to move from a public place even though no crime has been committed
  - in some cases search premises, vehicles or people without a warrant
* carry guns to keep order and ensure our safety.
* engage in corrupt activities when they abuse their power and authority for personal gain.
* exist to preserve law and order.
* have their own language, norms, mores, and rituals.
* is used as a force to suppress opponents
  - where society is headed
* maintain records of people who have committed felonies and some misdemeanors.
* occasionally torture and rape detainees.
* often engage in deviant acts as members of both formal and informal associations
  - use fingerprints to catch criminals
* play a key role in small arms control.
* profiling for age is still police profiling based on a stereotype.
* routinely use torture to extract confessions.
* still practice arbitrary detention and torture.
* use dogs to catch bad guys and to help search for things or people
  - track and capture escaped prisoners or to sniff for bombs
  - force more often against their own racial or ethnic groups
* use radar to detect the speed of passing motorists
  - waves which are reflected from moving cars
* work in partnership with neighborhoods to address problems and goals.
+ 2009 Victorian bushfires, Major fires, East, Dandenong Ranges fires: 2009 :: Fires :: Victoria, Australia
  * Police think the fire was deliberately lit.
+ Bullet, Bullet types, Handgun bullet: Firearms :: Ballistics
  * Hollow point handgun bullets. Handguns are mostly used for sport target shooting or self defense. Police use the pistol because an officer can easily carry it and have it ready to use.
+ Feud, Other websites: Violence
  * Police are very edgy.
+ Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police: Law enforcement in New York :: Transportation in New York :: Transportation in Connecticut :: Law enforcement agencies of the United States
  * Police are full police officers in New York State and in the state of Connecticut. The force was started in 1998.
  * Police blame Kurdish rebels.
+ PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient, Gameplay: Video games
  * A game has 10 stages, which have 10 levels each. The light at the end of a level is your destination. Obstacles and traps try to fail you your way to the goal at the same time. Police are one of the most troublemaking ones.

Police agency
* Police agencies are responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes
  - define and count for the purpose of deterring gang crime
  - take actions
  - vary on regulations regarding public access to files and photographs
* Some police agencies have staff qualified to perform fingerprinting.

### social organization | agency | police:

Local police
* are responsible for providing basic public safety and law and order.
* have people.

Posse
* are groups, each made up of ten students from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds
* is police

State police
* are laws
* provide police protection
* respond to scenes.