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provincial police

• a police force maiained by a province to enforce the laws of the province in areas lacking municipal police protection.

  See also: provincial policeman  

  • Only Ontario and Quebec retain such forces at present.

  • 1878  Two whiskey informers, who have lately been giving evidence in several cases, and who were under the protection of the Provincial Police, bolted last night.
  • 1930  The "Progressive" government of Alberta retaliated by rushing in fresh forces of Provincial Police and "Specials."
  • 1965  Provincial police said the single-engined plane . . . struck the lines with its undercarriage. . . .