Constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law

concept

Singapore: a police officer clearing two race-goers from the racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.

A boy dressed in checked trousers and a top hat is leaning against a lamp post as a policeman speaks to him. Coloured lithograph after J.V. Barret, ca 1860.

Transphobic hate can escalate : report it! / Trans Resource & Empowerment Centre.

A pair of police constables, wearing stovepipe hats, rushing to send a telegraphic report of a murder. Engraving.

Fac-similé du diplome, remis dès avril 1905, aux adhérents de l'Association Médicale Internationale pour aider à la suppression de la guerre : [version 1]

Boer War: nuns and a policeman taking down the Red Cross flag from the bomb damaged convent at Mafeking, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after S. Robinson.

Fac-similé du diplome, remis dès avril 1905, aux adhérents de l'Association Médicale Internationale pour aider à la suppression de la guerre : [version 3]

A man stands against a wall wearing a San Franciscan police uniform with a star badge, a San Francisco police arm badge, sunglasses and a leather hat; a co-production of The Boots and AIDSteam in Antwerp. Lithograph, ca. 1995.

Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

Parisian police during the cholera outbreak of 1855. Reproduction of a coloured wood engraving after E. Lorsa.

An almost deserted street in London in the early morning: a woman serves a man and a boy with a hot drink, and a policeman rests against a bollard. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

Crime and authority in Victorian England : the Black Country 1835-1860 / David Philips.

Baby boom : the explosive ending of Al's baby!.

The river beat : the story of London's River Police since 1798 / by Geoffrey Budworth.

Dredd vs. Destiny's Angels.

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Police

Images from the collections

Images about Police

Works from the collections

Crime and authority in Victorian England : the Black Country 1835-1860 / David Philips.

Baby boom : the explosive ending of Al's baby!.

The river beat : the story of London's River Police since 1798 / by Geoffrey Budworth.

Dredd vs. Destiny's Angels.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

Police

Images from the collections

Images about Police

Works from the collections

Crime and authority in Victorian England : the Black Country 1835-1860 / David Philips.

Baby boom : the explosive ending of Al's baby!.

The river beat : the story of London's River Police since 1798 / by Geoffrey Budworth.

Dredd vs. Destiny's Angels.

The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Wood engraving after P. Justyne.

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