Existing police procedures forbade officers from drawing their weapons except when there were imminent signs of danger to themselves or others.

The investigation into the death of Adamski was dropped later that year, and a security clampdown forbade officers from speaking to the press.

It has forbidden officers from cooperating with the state's investigation and has fired employees who did so, prosecutors say.

Soon afterwards, d'Hubert is relieved to learn that he has been promoted to captain, as military protocol forbids officers of different ranks from fighting one another.

Those rules forbid officers from firing at a moving vehicle unless deadly force is being used against the officer or another person with something other than the vehicle.

Police regulations forbid officers from accepting gratuities or gifts.

Mr. Leffler noted that the Police Department had even stricter standards, which forbid officers to accept any free or discounted items not available to the public.

Transit police guidelines and United States Supreme Court rulings forbid officers from firing at fleeing suspects simply to stop or catch them.

No wonder theAdmiralty Instructions forbade officers to take their wives to sea in wartime!