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housing police  

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  • Housing police are police hired specifically to provide law enforcement services in public housing developments. The local Housing Authority (HA) that manages the public housing units may establish its own Housing Police Department, or the HA may choose to work with the local police department. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Housing Police]

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