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

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Recent Examples of police officers 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 In a suburban congressional district that's home to everyone from former President Bill Clinton to New York City investment bankers to thousands of police officers, the fight over control of Congress is inescapable. — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 The agreement allows campus police officers to enforce immigration law on campus. — Daniel Rivero, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Harvard police officers stopped Mark Stephens for speeding, according to a news release. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Things got so bad that Zone 5 police officers and Pittsburgh Fire Engine and Truck Company 8 had to find new places to serve the public. — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 24 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 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 Citizen tips and information from Airway Heights police officers and Spokane County sheriff’s deputies who responded to the initial call and conducted evacuations helped lead investigators to Farinacci, the sheriff’s office said. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police officers
  1. policemen
  2. officers
  3. cops
  4. constables
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
  • The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, was treated at the scene by Santa Monica PD officers until paramedics took him to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Within three minutes of arriving, the officers had killed the attacker.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • But, practically speaking, none of it is imaginable or executable without digital technologies that are fundamentally black-boxed, inscrutable to individual cops on the beat and institutional decision-makers alike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Friday, a 27-year-old man shot to death outside NYCHA’s Pink Houses in East New York in what cops are investigating as a possible road rage clash when he was murdered, his family told an Indian news outlet.
    — Barry Paddock, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • The woman was able to flee the scene and located deputy constables.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Troopers and Beacon Falls constables responded to the home and detained Drozdowski, state police said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2026
Definition of constables

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“Police officers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20officers. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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