Sentences with phrase «as police power»

The police are allowed to ask for such things because of what is know as police power.

Liberalism put hope largely in the possibility of creating the good state in which force would be either unnecessary, or would function only as police power under law.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The last act of decency that was in Walt's power was to renounce his infant daughter and play the monster he had become on a phone call he knew the police were overhearing, so as to exculpate his wife Skyler from her cooperation in his schemes.

It comes as the Prime Minister's announced new powers for police to seize terrorist suspects» passports and to prevent British people suspected of fighting abroad in places like Iraq and Syria from returning to the UK.

The power of state militias might be somewhat enlarged as well as that of local police.

Finally, there is the injustice of an ever - expanding and necrophilic militarism as violent uses of power and force whereby nonegalitarian relationships are defended, whether internally through various forms of police and surveillance force, or externally through massive military and espionage forces.

The intervening years had seen World War II; the rise of the United States to «superpower» status as (in its own view) the guarantor of the security of the «free world,» a status underwritten by nuclear power and illustrated by the United States» participation in a United Nations «police action» in Korea; and rapid economic growth and high prosperity.

«To continue to resist the making real of such an internationally credible police force, as many on the right in America have done, is more and more obviously a way of saying that now that we're in power we will use that power utterly for our own advantage.»

Now, there is only one power which pretends to act as the police man of the world.

An inquiry into what had happened at Bradford and Heysel — as well as a riot at Birmingham City's St Andrews stadium in which a 15 - year - old boy died — led by leading judge Oliver Popplewell resulted in new, wide - ranging public order powers for police.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

It comes in numerous designs such as a police car, a classic pink cruiser, a red shining race car, a hot rod with flames, and a flower power design.

Possible measures, such as the «stop and question» powers, needed to be carefully carried out to avoid a police state and ensure «that we protect people's liberties in a way that they don't feel it justifies an appeal to people to come in and support terrorism».

We have already said that we will give the police new powers, including new gang injunctions for young people and the right to remove face coverings, as well as considering new curfew powers.

In October 2005, two North African teenagers died of electrocution in one of the banlieues of Paris as they were running from the police through a dangerous power substation.

Spitzer (AKA the steamroller) was hardly a shrinking violet during his brief stint as governor, and according to a report by Cuomo — who was AG at the time, having followed Spitzer into that office — he misused his executive power over the State Police in a botched attempt to smear his top political rival, then Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

Schneiderman, in a letter to legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly and Cuomo, describes the proposed post as one that would essentially have policing and law enforcement powers over procurement procedure.

He said this would mirror existing powers enabling the police to get hold of conventional forms of communications, such as letters and other correspondence, in criminal investigations if legally sanctioned.

These bills, which would grant such police powers as the ability to make warrantless arrests, are typically supported by all but a dozen or so legislators.

Political backers included MPs who had first - hand experience of the perversity of police having the power to set bail conditions and lengths without even having enough evidence to make a charge such as Damian Green MP and my good friend Nigel Evans MP.

High - February 5th: Powersharing breakthrough - Deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers finally ended as Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party cut a deal.

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class drugs.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

He also routinely vetoes legislation to let various groups of local security guards such as employees of Port Chester's village court and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center be considered «peace officers» and have some powers akin to police officers; he's argued this status should not be granted piecemeal, but as part of a «comprehensive, State - wide, process.»

If cocaine were to be legalized in Colombia, where FARC is based, FARC could easily become a major political power, and their goons may just as easily become the new «police force», and completely replace the current government.

The Home Office has so far refused to comment as the Independent Police Complaints Commission has spent the past year working out if it has the necessary powers and resources to look at what happened at Orgreave.

The activists who take part are slowly undergoing a journey a bit like that of the dissident - turned - conformist Winston Smith in 1984, with Nick Clegg playing the role of O'Brien, as the menacing thought police leader who explains to Orwell's hero what needs to be done to serve the party objective, namely, power.

The order gave Schneiderman the power to conduct independent investigations in police encounters when, «in his opinion, there is a significant question as to whether the civilian was armed and dangerous at the time of his death.»

In a boiling decade when the civil rights movement was in full swing and police were clashing with African - Americans across the nation, Lindsay believed the NYPD needed a Civilian Complaint Review Board to serve as a check on their power and show the public, particularly minorities, that a white police force could be held accountable by unbiased people outside the department.

A police constable with the Visibility Unit of the Sekondi Police Command in the Western Region, Wilson Bossey has allegedly physically assaulted a journalist with Takoradi based Skyy Power FM, Nana Adu Kyei Danso Abeam popularly known as Akyeampolice constable with the Visibility Unit of the Sekondi Police Command in the Western Region, Wilson Bossey has allegedly physically assaulted a journalist with Takoradi based Skyy Power FM, Nana Adu Kyei Danso Abeam popularly known as AkyeamPolice Command in the Western Region, Wilson Bossey has allegedly physically assaulted a journalist with Takoradi based Skyy Power FM, Nana Adu Kyei Danso Abeam popularly known as Akyeamehene.

As a Green Party activist, I share the deep concern at this apparent abuse of police powers.

The police as well as political and community leaders must do everything in their power to deliver this.»

These new powers will enable police to better tackle gun and knife crime as well as alcohol - related disorder,» home secretary John Reid commented.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Negotiations over the devolution of policing and justice powers, as well as the management of contentious parades, have failed to result in a deal so far.

There can be no question of the authority of the State in the exercise of its police power to regulate the administration, sale, prescription and use of dangerous and habit - forming drugs, such as are named in the statute.

But as with all powers handed to the police, there are strong signs of mission creep.

But as with all police powers, there is a temptation for them to be used in an ever - growing number of situations.

They would wish a grand abuse of federal power, with the same Police, DSS and Army, that aided the PDP Rivers impunity back then, at their own beck and call too — and certainly, they would be thrilled to see Wike shrill and complain as Amaechi did, under the ancien regime.

Police officers will be granted powers to arrest anyone protesting outside the homes of scientists as part of new measures published by the Government.

Nearly four years after running as an outsider promising to curb police powers, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has emerged as a cheerleader for the NYPD, touting the city's low and falling crime rate as a central theme of his re-election campaign.

Hi Stuart, totally agree you obviously saw much of the same abuse of power as I. I was lucky enough to get out of there but not before seeing one unprovoked assault by a police officer on a photographer and a peaceful good natured protest transformed by the police into one of resentment and panic.

Liberty, which commissioned the poll from YouGov, fears that elected commissioners could pressure police to use their powers in ways which meets a political agenda, rather than serving the community as a whole.

A 26 - year - old instructor and two teenagers were flying in a small plane when it lost power and made an emergency landing on an oceanfront beach, flipping over as its nose hit the sand, the police said.

But Cuomo was limited because he lacked full powers to police public corruption, as state law dictates the A.G. can only pursue a small class of cases.

High - February 5th: Powersharing breakthrough - Deadlock over the devolution of policing and justice powers finally ended as the DUP and Sinn Fein cut a deal.

«The fact that so many people have been stopped, and so few arrested, suggests that the powers are being used as part of standard policing techniques.»

«As if the palpable odium of intiating a vacuous criminal charge against a whistle - blower, no less a person than a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not bad enough, the prosecuting authority, obviously urged on by the Inspector General of Police, threw pretension to adherence to democratic tenets of the rule of law when it sought from the court, albeit most illegally, to obtain summons against Senator Misau, while deliberately witholding service of the copy of the charge on the Senator, an obvious stratagem conceived to frame up all manner of false allegations tailored to suit the obvious purpose of yet another gestapo strategy to use state powers to swoop on the Distinguished Senator and keep him out of circulation»

All 43 police forces in England and Wales currently have the power to drug test people who have been arrested if they are suspected of using Class A drugs such as heroine or cocaine, but only 23 police forces currently use that power.