What does Police Officer mean?

Definitions for Police Officer
po·lice of·fi·cer

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Police Officer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. policeman, police officer, officernoun

    a member of a police force

    "it was an accident, officer"

Wiktionary

  1. police officernoun

    An officer in a law enforcement agency.

Wikipedia

  1. Police officer

    A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel. Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of suspects and the prevention, detection, and reporting of crime, protection and assistance of the general public, and the maintenance of public order. Police officers may be sworn to an oath, and have the power to arrest people and detain them for a limited time, along with other duties and powers. Some officers are trained in special duties, such as counter-terrorism, surveillance, child protection, VIP protection, civil law enforcement, and investigation techniques into major crime including fraud, rape, murder, and drug trafficking. Although many police officers wear a corresponding uniform, some police officers are plain-clothed in order to pass themselves off as members of the public. In most countries police officers are given exemptions from certain laws to perform their duties. For example an officer may use force if necessary to arrest or detain a person when it would ordinarily be assault. In some countries, officers can also break road rules to perform their duties.

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  1. police officer

    A police officer is a trained and authorized individual entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order, preventing and detecting crime, protecting citizens and their property, enforcing regulations and laws of a city, state, or country. The duties of a police officer can also extend to assisting in legal proceedings and completing necessary paperwork related to law enforcement activities. They are often employed by a government or a governmental agency.

Wikidata

  1. Police officer

    A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force. In the United States, "officer" is the formal name of the lowest police rank. In many other countries, "officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank, and the lowest rank is often "constable". In many other countries there is no such title as "police officer", as the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel only and thus not applicable. Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime, and the maintenance of public order. Police officers may be sworn to an oath, and have the power to arrest people and detain them for a limited time, along with other duties and powers. Some police officers may also be trained in special duties, such as counter-terrorism, surveillance, child protection, VIP protection, and investigation techniques into major crime, including fraud, rape, murder and drug trafficking.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Police Officer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Police Officer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Police Officer in a Sentence

  1. Ilaan Maazel:

    In both cases there was no special prosecutor investigating the police, and I think that's a problem, police have a hard job but it's so important that when a police officer violates the law that he's held accountable.

  2. Heribert Eisl:

    The avalanche happened on the northern side of the Dachstein, just under the entry point Rankluft, we mobilized all our staff, but unfortunately there was no happy ending. An avalanche in the Dachstein region of the Austrian Alps killed at least five hikers, authorities said. A separate avalanche hit the southern Carinthia region around noon, killing a 33-year-old police officer when a large piece of frozen snow struck him during an Alpine training exercise. The officer suffered such serious injuries that he died at the scene of the accident, Austrias Interior Ministry said in a statement.

  3. William Taylor:

    You give me a good campus police officer and you can put him in any police agency, if you think about active shooters, people realize that officers in the field have to be able to meet that level of force.

  4. Justin Paperny:

    If someone robbed you today, what's the first thing you would do ? You'd go to a police officer, you'd go to law enforcement. That's what we train our kids to do.

  5. Clinton Jones Jr.:

    We know that he would not ever, ever, ever, ever, ever pull a gun on a police (officer). Never, this is not like him, and we need answers.


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