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 Flock Safety, which makes license-plate readers, has been embroiled in a firestorm after revelations that police officers abused their access to the surveillance tech. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 From a former 911 director in Dallas to five police officers in Albany, the story of Flock in Georgia has been about misconduct, rather than public safety. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Those are police officers and people up high at CPD, literally calling me, meeting with us, telling us that morale’s at an all-time low. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 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 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
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
  • After it was immobilized, the driver attempted to leave the vehicle and was apprehended by officers, according to NEA Report.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many reviews mention that representatives and loan officers are easy to reach, knowledgeable, helpful and friendly.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of officers
Noun
  • Bernadette explains the racial nuances the Guardians might not know as newcomers to Earth, echoing the landmark 1971 Green Lantern/Green Arrow comic series, which attempts to bring the space cops down to Earth by exposing them to racial strife.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In the years since Shakur's murder, what exactly happened in that hail of bullets -- and who pulled the trigger -- was obscured by a lack of physical evidence, feuding cops and the gangland code of silence.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 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 2 Sep. 2026.

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