traffic control police

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traffic control police

Any persons ordered by a military commander and/or by national authorities to facilitate the movement of traffic and to prevent and/or report any breach of road traffic regulations.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Contrary to the common practice of imposing fine to helmetless riders, Traffic Control Police personnel in Churachandpur distributed sweets to riders without helmets and counselled them on safety tips.

Manipur cops give sweets to people riding without helmet

Twenty officers from the Traffic Control Police Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan from across the country enhanced their knowledge about best practices in traffic law-enforcement and discussed ways to strengthen co-operation among all stakeholders with a view to improving traffic safety.

OSCE seminar promotes traffic safety in Turkmenistan

Five of the eight engineers rely to some extent on traffic control police officers to direct traffic at malfunctioning signals.

Flashing operation for malfunctioning traffic signals

Implementing this IP optical traffic control algorithm for the IP optical backbone network in the IP optical TE server separated from node equipments enables a carrier to apply traffic control polices considering quality of service, reliability, and efficiency.