A police strike is a potential tactic when law enforcement workers are embroiled in a labour dispute.
Sometimes military personnel are called in to keep order or discipline the strikers.
Police strikes have the potential to cause civil unrest.
The Police Federation of England and Wales balloted members in 2013 for the right to strike but failed to gain enough signatures to petition the government to amend the legislation.
][31] Police strikes have also occurred in situations where national control was in question and the police's alignment differed from the current rulers (i.e. in occupied France and India).