peace officers

noun

plural of peace officer
as in police officers

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  1. police officers
  2. officers
  3. policemen
  4. police forces
Noun
  • Deputies and police officers already at the courthouse pursued Guerrero during a brief foot chase and captured him, officials said.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City, Kansas, police officers and several volunteers removed 81 dogs from a home in the city’s Northwest neighborhood Saturday after investigators responded to the area on reports of a dog fight.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of police officers
Noun
  • The department said officers responded to a home Friday night in the area of South Main and Mann streets, where they were told that a man climbed through a window and assaulted someone who lives there.
    — Logan Hall, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hegseth has aggressively moved to reshape the military's senior ranks, removing or sidelining more than two dozen senior officers, without explanation, including a number of women and minorities.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • People began rioting in Los Angeles’ predominantly Black Watts neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully subdue a Black man.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026
  • Over the weekend, dozens of plain-clothes policemen entered the protest site and dragged Wangchuk into an ambulance.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
Definition of policemen
Noun
  • Trump will be joined by Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel in Nassau County, which has one of the largest police forces in the nation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • While the system has been championed by many police forces, privacy concerns have grown.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of police forces
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