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
  • Body cameras captured the moments Rialto police officers rushed to save a choking 3-year-old child last week.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Two hours later, Maui police officers responded to reports of an unresponsive male at the Sands of Kahana, a condominium resort at 4299 Lower Honoapi’ilani Road in Lahaina.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of police officers
Noun
  • The race has been shaped by the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, confrontations that were caught on camera and fueled a backlash to Trump’s immigration policies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The judge also said ICE officers did not follow procedures established to ensure due process.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 10 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
  • Although the concept developed in the 1980s, police forces in jurisdictions as large as Los Angeles and as small as Los Gatos and Saratoga continue to use its methods.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Sepahi and Safari were among 60 people accused of killing four members of the police forces during the protests in Isfahan.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of police forces
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