Examples of police officer in a Sentence
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
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Karen Read verdict: Read acquitted of second-degree murder charge in death of police officer boyfriend
Read’s defense team at every turn sought to sow doubt in the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses and the integrity of the investigation into O’Keefe’s death.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Karen Read was acquitted Wednesday of the most serious charges in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 June 2025
Hours later, as last-call patrons trickled out onto the street, she was caught in a deadly crossfire between police officers and an armed man, cutting her life short.
—Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Prosecutors alleged Read hit her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, with her car outside the Canton home of fellow police officer Brian Albert after a night of heavy drinking in January 2022 and then left him to die there during a major blizzard.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 18 June 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Karen Read was acquitted Wednesday of the most serious charges in the 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 June 2025
Hours later, as last-call patrons trickled out onto the street, she was caught in a deadly crossfire between police officers and an armed man, cutting her life short.
—Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Prosecutors alleged Read hit her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, with her car outside the Canton home of fellow police officer Brian Albert after a night of heavy drinking in January 2022 and then left him to die there during a major blizzard.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 18 June 2025
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20officer. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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