Examples of police officer in a Sentence
there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident
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Last year the academy, which itself has come under gang attack, only graduated 700 new police officers.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Elgin Police Department learned about the incident after the fisherman approached a police officer during the vehicle’s recovery Monday and mentioned the search in an identical spot three years earlier, city officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The doc comes five years after Floyd was murdered by a white police officer, which was the catalyst for the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Diego Ibarra, 29, was arrested after providing a counterfeit green card to a police officer investigating the February 2024 killing, the Department said in a news release.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
The Elgin Police Department learned about the incident after the fisherman approached a police officer during the vehicle’s recovery Monday and mentioned the search in an identical spot three years earlier, city officials said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The doc comes five years after Floyd was murdered by a white police officer, which was the catalyst for the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Diego Ibarra, 29, was arrested after providing a counterfeit green card to a police officer investigating the February 2024 killing, the Department said in a news release.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Police officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20officer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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