police officer

noun

|Updated on: 8 Jul 2018

Examples: police officer in a Sentence

Definition of police officer

: a member of a police force

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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 of police officer from the Web

He is expected to face charges of domestic assault and resisting and obstructing a police officer.

— ann zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, "Oakland County deputy suffers facial gash in tussle with suspect," 4 July 2018
Police think Scales is also a suspect in a pursuit that injured a Glendale police officer four nights later.

— jeff rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "18-year-old charged with using credit card from vehicle stolen in Fox Point," 3 July 2018
McGarry said the incident ended after Wilmette officers assisted a Kenilworth police officer trying to stop the car, which had been reported stolen in Monee, near the intersection of Cumnor and Green Bay roads.

— kathy routliffe, chicagotribune.com, "Four face vehicle trespassing charges after Wilmette chase ends with car hitting tree," 3 July 2018
Seven men have been charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers who were trying to chase a hit-and-run suspect during a street racing incident in South L.A., prosecutors said Monday.

— james queally, latimes.com, "Seven charged with assaulting police during L.A. street racing incident," 2 July 2018
Earlier this month, a Phoenix City Council subcommittee recommended $149,000 in taxpayer money be used for an independent study into the uptick of shootings involving police officers this year.

— bree burkitt, azcentral, "Police: Officer fatally shot 19-year-old in a struggle over a handgun," 30 June 2018
Other police forces took note of the target: Following Thursday’s attack, the NYPD deployed armed police officers outside of news organizations throughout New York City, home to many of the nation’s biggest media organizations.

— natasha bach, Fortune, "What You Need to Know About the 'Capital Gazette' Mass Shooting," 29 June 2018
Vernon Madison, the defendant in Madison v. Alabama, is set to be executed for killing a police officer and wounding his ex-girlfriend in a domestic dispute in 1985.

— matt ford, The New Republic, "What the New Supreme Court Will Decide," 29 June 2018
Body camera video obtained by Asheville's Citizen-Times showed a second Asheville police officer warning Rush about repeatedly jaywalking at the beginning of the incident.

— bruce henderson, charlotteobserver, "Ex-Asheville cop won't face federal charges in violent arrest of black jaywalker," 29 June 2018

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