Without the police, is weak (9)

I believe the answer is:

forceless

I believe this is a double definition.

'without the police' is the first definition.
('police' can be 'force' (the force can refer to the police force) so maybe 'without the police' can be ''forceless')

'weak' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

'is' is the link.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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