police station

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. [1913 Webster]

2.That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. [1913 Webster]

3.The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. [1913 Webster]

4.(Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. [1913 Webster]

5.The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp as to cleanliness. [1913 Webster]

Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.

Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.

Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police.

Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent.

Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.

Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police court.

Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.

Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. [1913 Webster]