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The police power is the authority of each State to act to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare. Mikmo.
Police or peace officers are responsible for keeping order in a certain territory. The are supposed to be the physical force behind the judicial law in a given area to protect the general population.
What official had the power to protect morals
regulate and protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents. It allows states to create and enforce laws that promote public order and ensure the well-being of their citizens. This power is granted to the states under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
the power of the state to prorect and promote the public health, the public morals, the public safety, and the general welfare.
Police departments
It is part of the inherent "police power" of government to provide for protection of "health, safety, morals and general welfare" of the citizens.
is the capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants.
Both are powers of the state and regulated by the state. They aim to better the state: Police power betters health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the state. Eminent domain betters the state by putting land to public or civic use or economic development.
The protection of morals was one of the duties of the censor in ancient Rome.
The question is not worded well. (In the broad sense) The power of the police is derived from the authority of the Executive Branch of government (of which the police are a part) to enforce the laws and regulations enacted by the Legislative Branch of Government. (In a more narrow sense) Police power is confined by the jurisdiction in which they are employed or assigned. (for example: City A's police cannot go to County B's jurisdiction and exercise their authority).
A perception of 'good' and 'evil' morals and ethics.