public safety

3. contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law
4. a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime
7. taken into imprisonment
9. a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage
10. a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoner's wrists
12. an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
13. the civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order
15. offense, a crime so serious that the death penalty may be in play
18. an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law
19. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court
20. a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial
21. culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing

1. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun
2. the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
5. not guilty of a crime or offense
6. a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime
8. a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law
11. a judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charged
14. a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual
16. a weapon firing barbs attached by wires to batteries, causing temporary paralysis
17. seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody