Police raid, the Glossary
A police raid is an unexpected visit by police or other law enforcement officers with the aim of using the element of surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects believed to be likely to hide evidence, resist arrest, endanger the public or officers if approached through other means, or simply be elsewhere at another time.[1]
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72 relations: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Arrest, Asylum seeker, Auckland, Australia, Ay family, BORTAC, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Cash-for-Honours scandal, Cato Institute, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Deportation, Detention (imprisonment), Dragnet (policing), Dungavel, Eastern Kentucky University, Evidence (law), Firing at a vehicle, German-occupied Europe, Glasgow Girls (activists), Great Britain, Home Office, Ibrox, Glasgow, Jacinda Ardern, Labor camp, Law enforcement agency powers, Law enforcement officer, Lerwick, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand Labour Party, Nicol Stephen, No Border network, No-knock warrant, Norman Kirk, Pasifika New Zealanders, Police, Polynesian Panthers, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Resisting arrest, Richmond, Kentucky, Robert Muldoon, Rod Blagojevich, Rotterdam, Ruth Turner (political advisor), Sakchai Makao, Schiedam, ... Expand index (22 more) »
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Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
Arrest
An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. Police raid and arrest are arrests.
Asylum seeker
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14.
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Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Ay family
The Ay family are Kurdish asylum seekers who became the centre of a controversy in 2003 surrounding the policy of locking up children in high security immigration detention centres in the United Kingdom.
BORTAC
The Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) is the tactical unit of the United States Border Patrol.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.
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Cash-for-Honours scandal
The Cash-for-Honours scandal (also known as Cash for Peerages, Loans for Lordships, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages) was a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages.
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Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Deportation
Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a territory.
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Detention (imprisonment)
Detention is the process whereby a state or private citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom or liberty at that time.
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Dragnet (policing)
A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness.
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Dungavel
Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention facility in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Strathaven that is also known as Dungavel Castle or Dungavel House.
Eastern Kentucky University
Eastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky.
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Evidence (law)
The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding.
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Firing at a vehicle
Firing at a vehicle is a controversial practice in which a person discharges a gun at an automobile.
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German-occupied Europe
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
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Glasgow Girls (activists)
The Glasgow Girls is a group of seven young women in Glasgow, Scotland, who highlighted the poor treatment of asylum seekers whose rights of appeal had been exhausted.
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Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
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Home Office
The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Ibrox, Glasgow
Ibrox is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Jacinda Ardern
Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a former New Zealand politician who served as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023.
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Labor camp
A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment.
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Law enforcement agency powers
A law enforcement agency (LEA) has powers, which other government subjects do not, to enable the LEA to undertake its responsibilities.
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Law enforcement officer
A law enforcement officer (LEO),, or police officer or peace officer in North American English, is a public-sector or private-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws, protecting life & property, keeping the peace, and other public safety related duties.
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Lerwick
Lerwick (or; Leirvik; Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland.
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on such.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New Zealand Labour Party
The New Zealand Labour Party, also known simply as Labour (Reipa), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand.
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Nicol Stephen
Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen (born 23 March 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007.
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No Border network
The No Border Network (In the United Kingdom also called "No Borders Network" or "Noborders Network") refers to loose associations of autonomous organisations, groups, and individuals in Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe and beyond.
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No-knock warrant
In the United States, a no-knock warrant is a warrant issued by a judge that allows law enforcement to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, such as by knocking or ringing a doorbell.
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Norman Kirk
Norman Eric Kirk (6 January 1923 – 31 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th prime minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974.
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Pasifika New Zealanders
Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from, the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders) outside of New Zealand itself.
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Police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself.
Polynesian Panthers
The Polynesian Panther Party (PPP) was a revolutionary social justice movement formed to target racial inequalities carried out against indigenous Māori and Pacific Islanders in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand (Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.
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Resisting arrest
Resisting arrest, or simply resisting, is an illegal act of a suspected criminal either fleeing, threatening, assaulting, or providing a fake ID to a police officer during arrest. Police raid and resisting arrest are arrests.
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Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a home class city in Kentucky and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
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Robert Muldoon
Sir Robert David Muldoon (25 September 19215 August 1992) was a New Zealand conservative politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party.
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam (lit. "The Dam on the River Rotte") is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.
Ruth Turner (political advisor)
Ruth Turner (born 1970 in Dublin, Ireland as Caitriona Ruth Turner) was formerly Director of Government Relations within Tony Blair's Downing Street office.
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Sakchai Makao
Sakchai Makao is a Thailand native who moved in 1993 to the islands of Shetland in Scotland.
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Schiedam
Schiedam is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands.
Scottish Government
The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba) is the devolved government of Scotland.
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Scottish Politician of the Year
Scottish Politician of the Year is an annual award established in 1999.
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Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
Slate (magazine)
Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, Glasgow City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region) between 1975 and 2013.
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SWAT
In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a generic term for a police tactical unit.
Swift raids
The 2006 Swift raids were a coordinated effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and deport people who are present illegally.
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Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company (the target) by another (the acquirer or bidder).
Tampering with evidence
Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), commonly known as The Monitor, is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.
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Third Labour Government of New Zealand
The Third Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1972 to 1975.
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Third National Government of New Zealand
The Third National Government of New Zealand (also known as the Muldoon Government) was the government of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984.
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Travel visa
A visa (lat. 'something seen', pl. visas) is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and is responsible for securing the borders of the United States.
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Unity (asylum seekers organisation)
Unity is a volunteer-run organisation which provides support for asylum seekers and sans papiers in Glasgow, Scotland.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is a detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK.
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1 News
1News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ.
See also
Arrests
- Arbitrary arrest and detention
- Arrest
- Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo
- Arrest warrant
- Arrest without warrant
- Arrestable offence
- Citizen's arrest
- False arrest
- House arrest
- Mass arrest
- Police raid
- Power of arrest
- Resisting arrest
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_raid
Also known as Dawn Raid, Dawn Raids, Immigration raid, Police raids, Pre-dawn raid, Raided by the police.
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