in the line of duty

idiom

: while doing one's job

a soldier/policeman/fireman who was killed in the line of duty

Examples of in the line of duty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His employment having already been terminated, Brogdon was no longer eligible to receive the benefits officers injured in the line of duty are normally entitled to. —The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024

The city will host a blood drive April 10 in honor of late Fayetteville police officer Stephen Carr, who was killed in 2019 in the line of duty, according to a news release from the city. —Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024

The deadly encounter comes after 378 officers across the US were shot last year in the line of duty – the most ever recorded – the National Fraternal Order of Police says, with 46 of them killed. —Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024

Mike is no stranger to tragedies in the line of duty, either. —Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024

Sanders and Brown stood silently in red jail outfits while waiving a formal arraignment on murder charges in the Dec. 29 killing, which marked the first time in 14 years an Oakland police officer was killed in the line of duty. —Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024

Police said Diller, 31, was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop in Queens on Monday -- becoming the first NYC police officer killed in the line of duty in two years. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2024

Diller was the first NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in a little over two years, since Wilbert Mora and Jason Rivera were killed by a gunman in Harlem while responding to a domestic violence call in January 2022. —Zachary Folk, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

Allen is the second Independence officer who was fatally shot in the line of duty in recent years. —Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024