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

While in custody, Schmidt threatened to call the governor and mayor on the police officers, the report stated. — Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2026

Prosecutors in Italy told CNN that two police officers and four first responders are under investigation for the involuntary manslaughter, of the 42-year-old man, who died after being handcuffed and restrained by officers. — CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Quilts for Cops gives quilts to police officers injured in the line of duty, according to the Fort Worth Police Department. — Mary Ella Hastings july 21, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026

My family does not just back the blue — my family is the blue, with police officers, first responders, and military veterans at our dinner table and the red with fire Captains in many geneations. — Eric "doc" Stelnicki, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

On July 16 and 17, 1942, more than 4,500 police officers were mobilized and dozens of buses requisitioned. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Another $2 million would fund an off-site residential security post aimed at making emergency responses faster, as well as increasing the number of Supreme Court police officers. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

An additional $2 million would fund an off-site residential security post aimed at making emergency responses faster, as well as increasing the number of Supreme Court police officers. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 14 July 2026

About seven months later, a gunman in Philadelphia shot six police officers during another drug warrant execution. — Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026