What is Police state?
'''Police state''' is a country where activities of its people are controlled by the government with the help of a strong [[Police|police force]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/police-state?q=Police+state|title=police state Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> Many times these governments use a secret police unit to supervise and limit their citizens' activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/police_state|title=police state - definition of police state in English {{!}} Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2017-03-08|archive-date=2016-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928174902/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/police_state|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wordnik.com/words/police%20state|title=Wordnik|website=Wordnik.com|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> [[Judicial review]] in a police state either doesn't exist or is regularly manipulated by government officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20state|title=Definition of POLICE STATE|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Separation of powers]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Forms of government]]