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A police band is a military-style band operated or sponsored by a police force. Police bands provide ceremonial support for civic events, and perform at police observances such as funerals and police academy graduations.[1] Most police bands consists exclusively of professional police officers, while others consist of personnel of law enforcement and other special agencies. Like military bands, their repertoire is mostly composed of ceremonial marching music and honors music (national anthems and fanfares).
- ^ Reimer, Mark. "World Police Bands: Globalization through Music" (PDF). Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Annual Convention of the Global Awareness Society International. Retrieved 19 December 2017.