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Roddick wound up losing the match, and while he admitted he put the chair umpire in a "bad situation" with his conduct, he wondered out loud if his sport was over-policing minor-league hissy fits.
Tennis May Need A Few More Brawls Jason Gay 2011
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Many explanations have been advanced for the disparity, he said, including the possibility of different patterns of charging by police or the crown prosecution service, different patterns in remand decisions, 'over-policing' of ethnic groups or social deprivation.
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You posted recently about over-policing at a rural demo NJ.
Merry Christmas! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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It's an article of faith in many political quarters that because of over-policing New York's crime rate will always go down.
David R. Jones, Esq.: Summertime, and the Living (Won't) be Easy 2010
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My force has an annual large public event that requires ‘over-policing’ on a ridiculous scale.
“Am I mad, in a coma or back in time?” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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The over-policing of public schools -- not just in New York, but around the country -- is one more threat to our nation's children at risk of entering the pipeline to prison.
Marian Wright Edelman: The Growing Problem of Over-Policing Our Schools 2009
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But the incidents mentioned earlier about the four-year-olds at a Bronx public school and the five-year-old Queens kindergartener only highlight how soon children can be at risk of over-policing in schools.
Marian Wright Edelman: The Growing Problem of Over-Policing Our Schools 2009
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I think regulation is far less intrusive than prohibition and the over-policing and billions of waste that go along with the governments failing “war” on drugs.
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I won't be over-policing you but I'll protect your rights
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He warned that at the same time "over-policing" was undesireable and had to be avoided.
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