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

The families’ friendship continued when the Ustjanauskas family founded the Hundred Club of Connecticut in 1967 to support the families of police officers and others killed in the line of duty. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base early Sunday as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swooped on the rural area. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The report claimed Doe did tell Cornell police officers that she was raped, but that information did not make its way into the voluntary statement the department sent to the district attorney's office. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Dozens of educational staff, hundreds of police officers and more than 100 pupils are said to have been injured since the protests began, according to the French press. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit took over the search after Sacramento firefighters and police officers cleared the scene, police said. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside the building overnight to protest her eviction, with dozens of police officers holding them back as some tried to stop the eviction from going ahead. — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

There was also an additional security presence outside the venue, with over a dozen police officers on watch. — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

Miami police officers rushed to intervene in a Saturday afternoon stabbing that sent two people to the hospital, authorities say. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2026