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police work
The entirety of the tasks, activities, and methods carried out by the police to maintain public safety and order, prosecute crimes, and prevent danger.
Geduld und eine gute Beobachtungsgabe sind für die Polizeiarbeit unerlässlich.
Patience and good powers of observation are essential for police work.
The word is a simple compound of 'Polizei' (police) and 'Arbeit' (work). So it directly describes the work carried out by the police.
Die Aufklärung des Falls war ein Erfolg für die Polizeiarbeit.
Solving the case was a success for police work.
'Polizeiarbeit' (police work) is a collective term and describes the entirety of police activities. It is rarely used for a single, specific task, but rather for the field of work as a whole.
Der Film gibt einen realistischen Einblick in die tägliche Polizeiarbeit.
The film gives a realistic insight into daily police work.
Common verbs used with 'Polizeiarbeit' (police work) are 'leisten' (to perform/do), 'unterstützen' (to support), or 'erschweren' (to make more difficult). Typical adjectives are 'gut' (good), 'schwierig' (difficult), or 'professionell' (professional).
Falsche Spuren am Tatort erschweren die Polizeiarbeit erheblich.
False leads at the crime scene make police work considerably more difficult.
criminal prosecution
'die Strafverfolgung' (criminal prosecution) and 'die Polizeiarbeit' (police work) can overlap, because the police investigate crimes. But 'die Strafverfolgung' more specifically means the state process after a crime: solving it, finding the offenders, bringing them to court, and punishing them. This also includes the public prosecutor's office and the courts. 'die Polizeiarbeit' is broader and includes everything the police do, for example security, order, help in dangerous situations, and also investigations. The words can be confused when the topic is crime. As a simple guide: criminal prosecution is part of police work, but police work is more than criminal prosecution.
Zur Polizeiarbeit gehört auch, bei Unfällen den Verkehr zu sichern.
Police work also includes securing traffic at accident scenes.
Nach dem Einbruch begann die Strafverfolgung, weil die Täter gefunden werden sollten.
After the break-in, criminal prosecution began because the offenders needed to be found.