No. 410 in Swedish

polisens

"Polisens" means "the police's" or "of the police" in English, indicating possession.

In a sentence

Polisens arbete är mycket viktigt för samhället.
The police's work is very important for society.
In this sentence, 'polisens' denotes possession, as it is the genitive form of 'polisen' (the police) indicating that the work belongs to the police.
Vi hörde om polisens insats på nyheterna.
We heard about the police's operation on the news.
'Polisens' here specifies the operation ('insats'), showing that the operation was carried out by the police, functioning possessively.
Att lyssna på polisens varningar kan rädda liv.
Listening to the police's warnings can save lives.
In this usage, 'polisens' conveys possession of the warnings ('varningar') issued by the police.

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