police officer
any policeman or policewoman; patrolman or patrolwoman.
a person having officer rank on a police force.
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How to use police officer in a sentence
A byproduct of her time as a police officer is that it made her, in a sense, bilingual.
A Georgetown professor trades her classroom for a police beat | Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostCourt hearings for minor offenses are between the police officer, the person cited and an administrative commissioner.
Despite Crackdown Announcement, Not Much COVID-19 Enforcement Is Happening | Jesse Marx | February 11, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAt least one rioter beat a police officer with a pole that was flying an American flag.
I was skeptical of Democrats pursuing a second impeachment. I was wrong. | Karen Tumulty | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostSoon after, Umansky filed a request for the records of every police officer who had at least one substantiated complaint.
ProPublica’s “NYPD Files” Wins John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting | by ProPublica | February 11, 2021 | ProPublicaIt shows senior figures being hurried to safety, violent attacks on police officers, a shooting, and rioters wearing body armor.
Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of police officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.
One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking police officer Andrew Dossi.
While traveling this holiday season, a relative and I were pulled over by a police officer.
She was the mistress of the police-officer Peyrade, by whom she had a daughter, Lydie, whom he acknowledged.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheAs he entered the side door of the ponderous building the police officer on duty saluted his escort.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxHe condoned the infamous conduct of the police officer Contenson.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheJacob Hayes, long a leading police officer of New York, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe Jewish police-officer, L. M., came and examined me in the strictest manner.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon Maimon
British Dictionary definitions for police officer
a member of a police force, esp a constable; policeman: Often (esp as form of address) shortened to: officer
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