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order maintenance  

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  • Definition‘Order maintenance’ is the aspect of policing concerned with regulating the fair use of public spaces. Examples include the enforcement of rules that restrict public drinking, noise pollution, public indecency, verbal harassment, and aggressive panhandling. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Policing; Order Maintenance]

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