personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol - police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces

gendarmerie, gendarmery - French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

Mutawa, Mutawa'een - religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

Mounties, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police - the federal police force of Canada

New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard - the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

secret police - a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

Schutzstaffel, SS - special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws

posse, posse comitatus - a temporary police force

police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"

guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"