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sleeping policeman

slang A bump, ramp, or hump in the road that is intended to cause cars to reduce their speed, especially in residential areas. Primarily heard in UK. There was a real problem of cars speeding around the tight corners near our housing estate, so the local council agreed to install a number of sleeping policemen in and around the area.
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One night, when out in a festive company, he had with one blow laid a gigantic policeman on his back.
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KARACHI -- An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday awarded death sentence to an accused in murder of a policeman.
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Also arrested during the operation were Leo Ocinar, a non-uniformed personnel of the PNP, a former policeman identified as Fidel Agustin and Teddy M.
Police will professionally investigate the case involving a traffic policeman who fired a shot which caused a man to sustain injuries in an incident at Jalan Lencong Timur here last Wednesday.
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KARACHI -- The Counter-Terrorism Department tasked with investigating the killing of a toddler during an alleged police encounter near Safoora Chowk concluded that 19-month-old Ahsan was shot dead 'accidentally' by a policeman, it emerged on Friday.
KARACHI -- At approximately 5:30PM, on Saturday, the 2nd of March, at the Gizri Boulevard and Gizri Avenue intersection, a maroon Suzuki car that had jumped the red light was asked by an on-duty policeman to pull over.
Irilo allegedly sold a sachet of shabu to undercover policeman Danny Piol but during the transaction, the suspect drew his gun and fired at Piol, who was hit in the leg.
The Emirati man, 21, refused to give his papers to the policeman, and his brother, 28, stepped out of the vehicle and confronted the policeman.
If any policeman left the hotel without paying bill of the food, he said, the owners of the hotel should receive bill from his office while the owners of the hotels should also directly come to the KPO Office to meet him to register their complaint in this regard.
As a policeman, if a call comes, he must be ready to leave within minutes or even seconds no matter where he is, realizing how prepared they are to risk their lives for some rogue speeder or a robber breaking into cars and stealing valuables.
In yet another show of irresponsible behaviour by police authorities, a policeman was shot in the leg by his own colleague while he was taking aim at a robber who was trying to run away.
Her husband cited the policeman as saying: 'We will not listen to you unless you grease our palms.'
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