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
Alfred “Al” Labrada saw his peace officer certification restored after an investigation by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, the state’s law enforcement accreditation body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
State records show his peace officer certification is no longer active.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
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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