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Deputy's one of four in this part of the police force (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

vice squad

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'the police force' is the definition.
(vice squad is a kind of police force)

'deputy's one of four' is the wordplay.
'deputy's' becomes 'vice's' (as in vice-president).
'one of four' becomes 'quad' (short for quadruplet, one of four children).
'vices'+'quad'='VICE SQUAD'

'in this part of' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for vice squad that I've seen before include "police department" , "Police unit enforcing gaming and prostitution laws" , "They tackle corruption" , "section of police force" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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