1.   The buddy patrol will not interfere with any police matter, unless instructed by a commanding officer.

2.   As Mayor Rudolph Giuliani considers himself more of an expert on police matters than even his own police commissioners, the suggestion was not received warmly.

3.   A Bethesda Memorial spokeswoman said the hospital cannot comment because the case is a police matter.

4.   Police officials said outside arbitrators would not be accountable to the public and would lack expertise in police matters.

5.   That reverses decades of practice in which the chief has exerted complete control over police matters.

6.   Thaksin insisted that he had nothing to do with the expulsion order, calling it a police matter.

7.   The mayor said that he was the final arbiter on all police matters and would not hesitate to impose his judgment.

8.   The regular military does not ordinarily involve itself in routine police matters.

9.   Until recently, the crimes have been handled as individual local police matters.

10.   When NATO peacekeepers witness what they consider to be a civilian police matter, they will not intervene.