police officer

Example Sentences

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Later, one police officer tells her she's "a good kid in a bad situation".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

But when a man who appeared to be a Mumbai police officer appeared on video, he and his wife followed every instruction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

I told him I felt like I was in over my head and mentioned that my husband was a police officer who would be home in 20 minutes.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

He has recounted youthful dreaming of becoming a police officer like his father.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The police officer who’d picked them up on the river—a man named Winya, with a round belly and a thin mustache—had marched them through the quiet jasmine-lined walkways with hardly a word.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat