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Examples of police officer in a Sentence
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
Recent Examples on the Web
As a result of the alleged incident, Hagerty was charged with three felonies: one count of assaulting a police officer and two counts of attempting to disarm a police officer.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
Last year, at a Home Depot near San Francisco, Blake Mohs, an L.P. who hoped to become a police officer, confronted a woman about an item taken from the power-tools department.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
State police officer Justin Hare was called to assist a motorist with a flat tire early Friday morning, State Police Chief Troy Weisler said at a press conference Saturday.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
The subcommittee's review also noted that the crossbeam and noose weren't added to the wood base until the 1 p.m. hour — the same hour when the riotous mob began attacking police officers and advancing toward and beyond the police line.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, the teen migrant from Guatemala who was arrested following the death of a Florida police officer, has been freed from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's custody his lawyers told ABC News.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
And now there was a police officer in her living room.
—Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
Every year on Ramadan, tensions in Jerusalem reach their peak and police officers flood the 0.35-square-mile Old City in order to maintain calm.
—Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
After the man was booked, he was given a citation and released by West Allis police officers.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1797, in the meaning defined above
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20officer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
police officer
noun
: a member of a police force
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