peace officer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of peace officer
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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It does exclude offenders sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole and offenders who commit first-degree murder of a peace officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Hu, of Calgary, a province in Alberta, was pulled from the water by another beachgoer and an off-duty California State Parks peace officer, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2025
Nathan Hochman on Wednesday announced charges that included assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, conspiracy to commit vandalism, vandalism, commercial burglary and misdemeanor reckless driving against five individuals related to the protests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
He voluntarily surrendered his peace officer certification this month, according to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Fully eight months later, I was in a boatyard farther south in California, getting my bottom paint renewed, and there was a state or county peace officer in the same boatyard.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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