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Contents 1 Music 2 Entertainment 3 Slavic place names 3.1 Poland 3.2 Czech Republic 4 Other uses 5 Related family names 6 See also

Police, short for police departments or police forces, are organizations established to maintain law and order.

Police may also refer to:

[edit] Music

• The Police, a genre-spanning British band

[edit] Entertainment

• Police (1916 film), a film starring Charlie Chaplin
• Police (TV series), a 1982 documentary series by Roger Graef
• Police (1985 film), a film by Maurice Pialat
• Police (2005 film)
• The Police (play), a play by Sławomir Mrożek

[edit] Slavic place names

(Most of these derive from the Slavic root polje or similar, meaning "field".)

[edit] Poland

• Police, Poland (German Pölitz), a city in north-west Poland
  • The Port of Police, seaport on the Oder River in north-west Poland
• Police, Greater Poland Voivodeship, a village in west-central Poland
• Police, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (German Politz), a village in south-west Poland
• Polica, a mountain in southern Poland

[edit] Czech Republic

• Police nad Metují, (German Politz an der Mettau) in the Hradec Králové Region
• Police u Valašského Meziříčí (Politz), a community in Okres Vsetín, Zlín Region
• Horní Police (Oberpolitz) a community in Okres Česká Lípa, Liberec Region
• Police u Jemnice (Pullitz), a community in Okres Třebíč, Vysočina Region
• Police u Mohelnice (Polleitz), a community in Okres Šumperk, Olomouc Region

[edit] Other uses

• Police (brand), an Italian manufacturer of fashion accessories

[edit] Related family names

• Policer
• Politz
• Pollitz
• Politzer
• Pollitzer
• Pullitzer

[edit] See also

• Police officer
• Police state
• List of basic law enforcement topics
• Law enforcement (disambiguation)

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