The "absolute" state emerges when the king allies himself with the bourgeoisie and thus finds strength enough to suppress aristocratic disorder.

His main preoccupation was security, organizing local militias in each ward and expanding the small police force to help suppress future disorder.

The government, being too weak to suppress the agitation and disorder, had to make concessions, and each concession produced fresh demands.

The police were needed not only to combat crime, but also to provide an alternative to the army in suppressing serious public disorder.

However, he also supported coercive Government measures to suppress disorder, often taking a hardline position.

In 1532, he was included in a commission by James V for suppressing disorder among the Clan Mackintosh.

Has authority to suppress disorder.

With a strong hand the dean suppressed disorder, abolished ruinous imports executed public works, and by reduction of salaries, including his own, turned a deficit into a surplus.

The Army had a lawful mission to assist in suppressing disorder in the capital if civilian resources could not maintain order.

He was chief of the Military Academy, and in 1867 was made prefect of Ravenna to suppress political disorder.