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Anonymous  #455148  Thu, 20 Dec 07 01:48 AM

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.

3. (used with a pl. verb) Police officers considered as a group.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc.
2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are patrolling the neighborhood.

GOLDEN GRAMMAR RULES

By Michael Swan

8. Police is a plural noun.

The police are looking for him. (NOT The police is looking for him.) 
I called the police, but they were too busy to come.
  
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Anonymous  #575008  Fri, 10 Oct 08 03:21 AM
It is the department as a whole..  The police department, the police station, etc.  Then it becomes police officer, detective, etc, to say as a single person.  In Ireland, it is the Gardi (dept) Garda (officer) :)
  
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