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Recent Examples of peace officer
Miranda allegedly fled the scene of the crash and was arrested for felony hit and run resulting in death or injury, felony vandalism, and misdemeanor obstruction of a peace officer, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said.
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Bahamon Martinez has pleaded not guilty to evading a peace officer causing death and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, both felonies.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The man was treated for his wounds before being arrested and charged for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and resisting arrest, police said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Fury joined the department in May 2019, earning his Texas peace officer license that November, according to state records.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Bahamon Martinez has pleaded not guilty to evading a peace officer causing death and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, both felonies.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The man was treated for his wounds before being arrested and charged for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and resisting arrest, police said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Fury joined the department in May 2019, earning his Texas peace officer license that November, according to state records.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peace officer
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City officials expect the new ordinance to bring in anywhere between $250,000 and $450,000 a year from citations written by police officers, the staff memo said.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Naperville approved the hiring of six full-time mental health police officers in our crisis response team, which, on its face, costs over a million dollars a year.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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In Good Cop/Bad Cop, Cook and Leighton Meester play an estranged brother and sister, Henry and Lou, who have to sort through their differences after becoming partners in their small Pacific Northwest police force, which is run by their chief-of-police father Big Hank Hickman (Clancy Brown).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2026
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On streets across the country, Americans are putting their own bodies on the line to impede the operations of a federal police force in their city.—
Alessandra Schade,
Time,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Peace officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peace%20officer. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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