The police, along with Pakistan's wobbly legal system, are facing an unusual test.

This is a dilemma that the police have faced in previous corruption scandals, officials said.

What the police were facing was far from the "democratic mobilization" you suggest.

The police in Washington, meanwhile, face their own puzzles as they investigate a homicide three decades old.

In the past, military and police faced with undesirable escalation of conflict had few acceptable options.

With or without caps, the police face a world turned upside down.

One of the problems the police faced was the possibility that the murder had been committed by a tourist.

Meanwhile, the police were facing a dilemma of their own.

The immediate problem the police faced was whether or not to publicize their theory.

Serial killing was a new phenomenon in Australia at the time, and police faced a difficult task of piecing together evidence.