peace officer
noun
: a civil officer (such as a police officer) whose duty it is to preserve the public peace
Examples of peace officer in a Sentence
He was arrested for assaulting a peace officer.
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In December 2024, the teen driver in the March 2024 incident was adjudicated delinquent — the juvenile version of being found guilty — of aiding and abetting first-degree assault of a peace officer.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
Agents arrested Rony Hernandez-Morales in Sandy on charges of impersonating a peace officer and identity fraud.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
This from a president who unconditionally pardoned 1,500 criminals convicted in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and its peace officers — one of whom attacked a policeman by plunging a stun gun multiple times into his neck.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Medina Berumen was charged with two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder of a peace officer, the district attorney's office said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 June 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025
Agents arrested Rony Hernandez-Morales in Sandy on charges of impersonating a peace officer and identity fraud.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
This from a president who unconditionally pardoned 1,500 criminals convicted in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and its peace officers — one of whom attacked a policeman by plunging a stun gun multiple times into his neck.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Medina Berumen was charged with two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder of a peace officer, the district attorney's office said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 June 2025
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“Peace officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20officer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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