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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.