Examples of police officer in a Sentence
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
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Elizabethtown chose to use a police officer as its compliance officer, which allows more communication between the police department, codes and regulations and the recovery homes.
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Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025
Lake Worth police officers and animal control officers searched the area to find the suspect and the brown pit bull but were unsuccessful, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
Security staff and plainclothes police officers quickly intervened and escorted the man out of the church, according to multiple Italian news outlets.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
His girlfriend helped police re-capture him In January 2005, Wainscott was at work when she was confronted by police officers, who showed her a photo of her boyfriend and informed her of his true identity, per The Charlotte Observer.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025
Lake Worth police officers and animal control officers searched the area to find the suspect and the brown pit bull but were unsuccessful, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
Security staff and plainclothes police officers quickly intervened and escorted the man out of the church, according to multiple Italian news outlets.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
His girlfriend helped police re-capture him In January 2005, Wainscott was at work when she was confronted by police officers, who showed her a photo of her boyfriend and informed her of his true identity, per The Charlotte Observer.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20officer. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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