Examples of use of police power
1. Either way, it was an abuse of police power and, possibly, the coercion of a false confession.
2. However, civil rights advocates condemned the moves, including the new police power to detain suspects without charge.
3. The Blairite solution is to give the police power to issue on–the–spot fines, police officers becoming investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury.
4. This was an outrageous abuse of police power, public money and a gross dereliction of duty in the fight against terror.
5. WHO praised the Vietnamese government for its recent decision to give the police power to fine motorcycle riders and passengers who do not correctly fasten their helmets.