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What is Police?
Police is a branch of the criminal justice system that has the specific responsibility of
maintaining law and order and combating crime within the society. The term police are derived
from the word POLITIA, meaning condition of a state, government and administration, POLITIA
organization is from the Greek word POLITEIA which means government, citizenship, or the
entire activity of a POLIS, a city.
POLICE (broadest sense) means the internal organization or regulation of a state, the control
and
regulation of a community or state through the exercise of the constitutions power of the
government.
POLICE (less broadest sense)it denotes the power of the government which concerns the
tranquility, public order, peace, security of persons and property and the protection of the
public health and moral. In the very restricted sense, the word police refer exclusively to that
body of armed men which as an institution is capable of exercising its duties by armed physical
forces in the preservation and detection of crime and the execution of laws.

Police Activities:
1. The prevention of Criminality.
2. Repression of Crime.
3. Apprehending of offenders.
4. Recovery of Property.
5. Regulation of Non-Criminal Conduct.
6. Performance of Related Miscellaneous Service.
The organization of the police force commonly requires the following organizational units:

Functional Units:
1. Bureau - the largest organic functional unit within a large department. It comprises of numbers
of
divisions:
2. Division - a primary subdivision of a bureau.
3. Section -functional unit within a division that is necessary for specialization.
4. Unit -functional group within a section; or the smallest functional group within an
organization.
Territorial Units:
1. Post - a fixed point or location to which an officer is assigned for duty, such as a designated
desk or
office or an intersection or cross walk from traffic duty.It is a spot location for general guard
duty.
2. Route -a length of streets designated for patrol purposes. It is also called LINE BEAT.
3. Beat - an area assigned for patrol purposes, whether foot or motorized.
4. Sector - an area containing two or more beats, routes, or post.
5. District-a geographical subdivision of a city for patrol purposes, usually with its own station.
6. Area- a section or territorial division of a large city each comprised of designated districts.

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