The accused's right to silence was a vital counterbalance to the powers of the police.

被告人的沉默权对警方的权力是一种至关重要的抗衡。

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The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers.

警方已得到额外授权诱捕毒贩。

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It is expected to approve proposals to send patrol boats manned by armed police and customs officers with powers to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.

预计中国将批准派遣载有武装警察和海关官员的巡逻艇，有权搜查并遣返涉嫌违反制裁的船只。

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Indonesia is a relatively new democracy and the proposal to expand police powers reminds some human rights groups of the country's authoritarian past.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Besides expanding the Federal Reserve's powers to police banks and speculative markets, the measure also contains provisions to prevent financial institutions from becoming too big to fail.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Legal experts in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's centre-left coalition of Social Democrats and Greens have warned against giving the police powers, arguing they are forbidden by Germany's post-war constitution.

CNN: Germany tightens security net

All courts rely on the police powers of governments to enforce the law, and police regularly make calculations about how much effort they can expend to catch specific suspects.

ECONOMIST: A criminal court for the world

Bond still has to convince a court that the federal law she was sentenced under somehow intruded upon the police powers of the states, or took away some essential right of the states to control the use of noxious chemicals within their borders.

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