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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. LawEnforcementOrganization law-enforcement organization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organisations authority law-enforcement organisation law-enforcement organizations authorities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority security service The collection of private law enforcement agencies that are legally empowered to enforce some laws on specific private property. This collection includes campus police, security guards at sporting events and concerts, operators of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0qUG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArmoredCar</a>s, etc. It does NOT include instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a>. SecurityService LawEnforcementAgency law enforcement agency A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a>. Each instance is an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws. PoliceOrganization The collection of law enforcement agencies that are legally empowered to enforce laws. This collection includes police forces, national bureaux of investigation, some forest services, park police, hunting and game commission officers, border police, governmental executive protection services, military police, etc. It does NOT include those instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> that only track and disseminate information about criminal activity, but do not directly enforce laws (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>). police department national law enforcement organization Instances are law enforcement organizations on the national level. NationalLawEnforcementOrganization PortAuthority The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a>s whose areas of jurisdiction are harbors/anchorages and their associated port facilities. Instances are charged with enforcing maritime law and insuring right-of-way is maintained within the harbor, and also with carrying out some customs-related functions, e.g., inspecting cargo. port authority TaxAgency tax agency A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbw60xGAFQdmI-7Dgtk_Mtg" class="cyc_term">TaxAgency</a> is a revenue agency that is part of the government of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, and which is concerned primarily with collecting tax money from the residents of that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. This collection does not include customs agencies and agencies that collect minor fees only. RegionalInstallationOfATF The collection of all regional installations of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rq1LGMnQWQdeaxo2Ryt_itg" class="cyc_term">BureauOfAlcoholTobaccoAndFirearms</a>. ATF regional installation the International Maritime Bureau ICCInternationalMaritimeBureau the Texas Rangers TexasRangers-LawEnforcementAgency A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a> charged with assisting military units and other deployed organs of the federal government with certain kinds of criminal and espionage-related investigations. DepartmentOfInvestigativeServices Department of Investigative Services INTERPOL The aim of The International Criminal Police Organization is to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime. INTERPOL government organizations organization topic GovernmentOrganizations-Organization-Topic The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a> for whom <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV399JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementActivity</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpyb_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">focalActivityType</a>. Notable specs include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOfficer</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>. law enforcement agent LawEnforcementAgent LawEnforcementOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organization type of organization classified by activity OrganizationTypeByActivityType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose instances engage in the same type of activity. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ResearchOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceOrganization</a>. LawEnforcementOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organization Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString LawEnforcementOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organization Agent-NonGeographical agent non geographical A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> (qq.v.). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTamqeBNMEdqAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">Agent_NonGeographical</a> is the collection of all spatially-located agents that are not geographical (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a>). Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryJtzbicMEdqAAAACs6hcqg" class="cyc_term">EmbodiedAgent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>. Organization An Organization is a company, corporation, firm, or institution that has its own functions and administration. organization LawEnforcementOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organization