Synonyms of police officers

police officers

noun

plural of police officer

as in policemen

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level

there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• policemen
• officers
• cops
• constables
• sheriffs
• lawmen
• coppers
• gendarmes
• police
• shamuses
• bulls
• peace officers
• investigators
• bobbies
• inspectors
• troopers
• flatfeet
• detectives
• police forces
• patrolmen
• policewomen
• sergeants
• marshals
• fuzzes
• private investigators
• lieutenants
• sherlocks
• sleuthhounds
• private detectives
• sleuths
• dicks
• plainclothesmen
• operatives
• hawkshaws
• constabularies
• men
• gumshoes
• private eyes
• captains
• heat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of police officers

Meanwhile, Brooks called for hiring more police officers, but also creating a 50,000-person Chicago citizen responder group to reduce crime and conduct violence intervention. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

The federal complaint says Miller was stopped by Kansas City police officers on July 24, about four months after he was released from custody in the Chiefs rally shooting case. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Garcia entered a plea and was convicted of evading police officers before his trial in June. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Kiritsis and Hall made their way out of the building, where the pair was met by police officers and journalists. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026

Flock Safety, which makes license-plate readers, has been embroiled in a firestorm after revelations that police officers abused their access to the surveillance tech. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

From a former 911 director in Dallas to five police officers in Albany, the story of Flock in Georgia has been about misconduct, rather than public safety. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Those are police officers and people up high at CPD, literally calling me, meeting with us, telling us that morale’s at an all-time low. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Three days after Mehserle was sentenced, two Oakland police officers shot and killed another unarmed Black man, Derrick Jones, near Bancroft Avenue and Trask Street. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026