So they said it was about time that the police acted.

We must move very fast now - the police will act at once.

There are occasions when the police may act if they think that someone is in need of immediate care or control.

That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action.

She won her case and since then police have acted much more like a peacekeeping force than anything.

"You usually don't see the police and the army acting with such sensitivity," he said.

He said the university had agreed that the police would act only as a backup for the security forces at those colleges.

That may be the reason the police acted over the weekend to arrest the three boys.

Given this reality, most citizens don't want the police acting like cowboys.

He warned that until the police acted, the riot would continue.