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POLICE SURVEILLANCE – is the process of keeping
under observation a person; a place or an object to
obtain information material to the solution of a
case. It is also use to detect some forms of
criminal behaviors.

POLICE TRADITIONS – refers to the long standing
police practices that formed a body of belief,
stories, customs and usages handed down from
generation to generation with the effect of an
unwritten law.

POLICE TRAINING – refers to any method used for
development and improve the attitude, knowledge,
and skill or behavior pattern of an employee for
adequate performance of a given job.

POLICY – a product of prudence or wisdom in the
management of human affairs, or policy is a course
of action which could be a program of actions
adopted by an individual, group, organization, or
government, or the set of principles on which they
are based. Policies serve as a guide in the operation
of the organization. It makes up the basic
framework of management decisions that set the
course what the organization should follow.

POLYDRUG USE – mixing drugs or taking one drug
when under the influence of another drug.

POLYGRAPH – a mechanical device that records
physiological changes that occur in a person while
he or she is being questioned, with deviations from
normal readings indicating deception; can be used
only with subject's voluntary consent. Also
called lie detector.

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