Law Enforcement

For other uses, see Police (disambiguation). Police forces are government organizations charged with the responsibility of maintaining law and order, and protecting the general public from harm. The word comes from French police, itself from Latin politia ("civil administration"), itself from Ancient Greek πολιτεια, referring to government or administration, from Greek πολις (polis) = "city". The word police was first recorded in the French language in 1250 (in the sense of ...