council police, noun phrase
A municipal police force, employed by a local authority to police Black urban areas. Also attributive. Hence council policeman noun phrase.
1986 Weekly Mail 29 Aug. 1A group of chanting youths..moved in a horn-shaped formation towards the council police vans.
1987 New Nation 2 Apr. 1In New Brighton, two residents have laid charges of assault against the town-ship’s council police, known as the ‘Amatshaka’.
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