The police has arrested vs The police have arrested

Both "the police has arrested" and "the police have arrested" are not correct. The correct form is "the police have arrested." The word "police" is a plural noun, so it should always be followed by a plural verb form like "have."

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The police has arrested

This phrase is incorrect. The word "police" is a plural noun and should be followed by a plural verb form.

Incorrect. The correct form is "the police have arrested."

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The police has arrested
When in New York a thousand demonstrators tried to do a sit-in on the Brooklyn Bridge, the police has arrested 700 of them.
The police force has arrested a bunch of hippies.
The police has already arrested hundreds of demonstrators, but is searching for 10 important leaders of the revolt.
The Police Security Service has arrested three men suspected of...
The story says the Dallas Police Department has arrested a 24 year old man identified as Lee H. Oswald in connection with the slaying of a Dallas policeman shortly after President Kennedy was assassinated.
The police arrested you for killing Kennedy.
The police arrested the priest and another person.
The day the police arrested Phil.
The police arrested over 200 peaceful protesters.
But... the police arrested Sensei Ransui.
The police arrested her, she was hanged.
The police arrested him yesterday at a demonstration.
The police arrested the emergency room doctor who was selling them.
Before Nigel, the police arrested someone else -
Well, I- The police arrested me for...
But Jarrett kid the police arrested...
I was visiting Tibet during 4 hours, until the police arrested me and questioned.
The police arrested him when they found some fake casino chips under the cushion.
Last night, the police arrested my father.
The police arrested two people, whilst the school was closed.

The police have arrested

This phrase is correct. The word "police" is a plural noun and should be followed by a plural verb form.

Correct. Always use the plural verb form "have" with the plural noun "police."

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The police have arrested the butler.
The police have arrested relatives of the prisoners and protesters at the prison.
Especially as the police have arrested two men.
Now the police have arrested Edward Stentz in connection with Samantha Burch's disappearance.
My son, the police have arrested both Gurshaan and Guddi
Since November, the police have arrested other people, supporters of Fan Mugen or other victims of forced demolitions.
In the meantime the police have arrested four suspects for the attacks last Sunday on the church and also on three shops used for religious meetings in the Pamulang and Tangerang districts, province of Banten, south west of Jakarta.
The police have arrested more than 1300 shop keepers and managers who refused to halve the price of their products, as President Mugabe's government had instructed.
The police have arrested a gang of six persons, led by an ex-police corporal, Jude Madu.
The Police have arrested several people, suspected of having created a group Who participated in extensive insider trading since the 1990s.
We havejust learned the police have arrested a 19-year-old man identified as Aaron Stampler.
The police have arrested him.
The police have arrested 17 people.
The police have arrested 20-25 protesters.
Luckily, the police have arrested...

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