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Issued by the Victoria State Police, presiding over 227,600 km2 About the same area as England, Wales and Scotland. Also slightly larger than the "Small Ameri

by djt 14y ago

Issued by the Victoria State Police, presiding over 227,600 km2 About the same area as England, Wales and Scotland. Also slightly larger than the "Small American city" of Utah.

wilfra 14y ago
Fair enough, so it can be changed to 'State Police in Victoria, Australia' or similar.
- skeletonjelly 14y ago
  When we refer to "police" in Australia it's 99% of the time state police. Federal police make up the rest as that typically won't come up in conversation as they deal with international issues.
  - wilfra 14y ago
    Ok well as an American when I think of 'police' I do not think of Australian police - State or otherwise.
    - fcatalan 14y ago
      Based on your previous posts I would have accused you of that. But, lo, you just said it yourself.
    - jrockway 14y ago
      That is probably your problem rather than the submitter's problem.
    - djt 14y ago
      Hacker News is international you know?
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Why? Lest people mistakenly think that the headline is referring to the organization of all police on the globe ever? When you see a news article about "Police say [whatever]" it is assumed that a particular organization is saying it. There isn't a global organization of police for it to be confused with.