as in policemen
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
a comic strip about a square-jawed, trench-coated flatfoot who always caught the crooks in suitably dramatic fashion
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State media reported the executions of protesters Saleh Mohammadi, Saeed Davodi and Mehdi Ghasemi who were accused of participating in the murders of two policemen during protests in Qom on 8 January 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
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The prosecutors described a pyramid of murder and impunity with Duterte at the apex, police and civilian officials in the middle, and low-level policemen, police assets, and hit men at the bottom.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Travelers said the long lines have been frustrating and are looking forward to TSA officers getting paid again.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside were the officers’ first assignments.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The city is also on the hook to hire 4,000 cops after voters changed the city’s charter in 2024.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Agencies assisting included Tarrant County constables, police departments from Fort Worth and Forest Hill, and the Texas Department of Public Safety.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Flatfeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatfeet. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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