It is grammatical to use plural verb with police or the police. But when we say Delhi Police, London Police, California Police, etc., why do we use singular verb? I've seen this so many times in news.
Delhi Police asks motorists to avoid Connaught Place…
Delhi Police has registered two cases…
Also the initial letter of Police is capitalized in this case. Why?
Best Answer
OALD says police is plural. No usage note. But see this article of Oxford Words blog. http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/09/agreement-over-collective-nouns/
If you see "police" as an organisation, as a whole, you can use it as a singular, when you see "police" as a group of civil servants you can use it as a plural.