Why can police radios transmit over long distances even though the transmitter is very small?

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Like a police officer’s handheld radio is able to transmit to another unit let’s say 10 miles away, and he’s able to do that with ease. How is this possible? How come handheld radios that we have access to can’t do that? I know this probably sounds dumb to most of ya’ll but

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Handheld radios you have access to can absolutely do that. My little $50 baofeng radio can easily reach a repeater over 10 miles away.