An ideology or political practice that favors extensive, especially oppressive, policing.

That can be policed.

(derogatory) Insistence that another party in a discussion adopts an unconfrontational or relaxed attitude.

present participle of tone police

present participle of self-police

The practice of assigning police resources to deal with otherwise unattended urban decay, suggested by broken windows theory.

The police department charged with patrolling harbours and waterways by boat.

(informal, derogatory) Any person or group crusading for a particular usage or omission within a language; also called language cops, tongue troopers.

A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.

A unit of the civil police who are specifically trained to serve duty on horseback. Their duties can be ceremonial, or often for crowd control, and to police areas of difficult access or wilderness areas.