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How to use the word OFFICER in a Sentence?

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It was briefed to them before they signed this contract that as soon as their … flight school portion was up, they had to serve three continuous years to get aviation branch, that’s both on the ROTC side and then one West Point officer that I spoke to.

– Tom Drew

Found on CNN
11 months ago

I just swore him in, and his family was there to witness his journey to become a police officer.

– Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These people know each other, often travel to the same destinations, communicate and have a closed system. Tatarsky occupied a significant place in this community, at the same time, he was also a critic of the Russian officer corps and the upper echelon making decisions about military actions. Sometimes his … analysis caused a wave of negative reactions among officers, because he, as a staunch defender of Russia and its army, wanted to see this army more successful than it actually was.

– Ruslan Trad

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

– Ben Crump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We send our heartfelt condolences to the officer’s family as they mourn their loved one who made the ultimate sacrifice. As we grieve with our fallen officer’s family, we have another officer fighting for his life. Please keep all our officers and the entire department in your prayers.

– Kirk Giles

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Not having a chief risk officer is sort of like not having a chief operating officer or a chief auditing officer, every bank of that size is required to have a risk management committee. And the CRO is the No. 1 person who reports to that committee.

– Art Wilmarth

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The officer narratives released today by the Department of Public Safety were drafted weeks or, in some cases, months after the incident, when officers drafted these statements, each had the opportunity to review the publicly available video and the press releases issued by the GBI.

– Enchanta Jackson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Failures of leadership and accountability have allowed unlawful conduct to continue unchecked, even when city and police leaders announced solutions, they failed to follow through. In LMPD, officer misconduct too often goes unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, LMPD leaders have endorsed and defended unlawful conduct.

– The DOJ

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The evidence of abuse would have been buried with Tony Mitchell but for the bravery of a lone corrections officer who made a video of what really happened to Tony and shared one of them. And, they fired her for exposing the truth of this abuse, there needs to be a federal statute requiring bystanders to report inmate abuse and providing statutory whistleblower protection to those who do. I sent a letter to the jail before we filed this case telling them to preserve all of their electronic recordings – if they have destroyed them then I can only imagine the horrors they have hidden.

– Jon Goldfarb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Officer Fayaz was able to break free, at which time the male fired, striking him in the head, as (the suspect) flees, he continues to fire towards both the officer and his brother-in-law.

– Detectives James Essig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A typical treasurer would be more of a compliance officer, do the accounting and their interest is just in making sure that the reports that they are filing are accurate, the job of a fundraiser is very different. You are meeting with potential donors. You are helping set up events.

– Saurav Ghosh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve never seen an officer – or even heard of an officer – standing somebody up off the ground because your job is to get control and be done, but they stood [Nichols] up so they could punch him back down, it bothered me to no end. And it bothers me still.

– Tim Alexander

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The suspect continued to threaten officers with the butcher knife, resulting in an officer-involved shooting.

– Huntington Park Police Department

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Officer Preston Hemphill and other officer’s actions and inactions have been and continue to be the subject of this investigation, there are numerous charges still developing that are impending.

– Memphis Police

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Another chief might have stretched this investigation out or judged each officer on exactly what role they played in the incident, as we learned in George Floyd, even if you are standing back but not doing anything to stop it, you are all in. That’s why she fired everyone involved.

– John Miller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I called my chief of staff, requested a plane, and we flew to Sill the next morning, we met with the soldiers who lived in the barracks, the commanding officer, viewed the mold firsthand, committed to fix the problem and we did.

– Pete Geren

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I felt like the absolute worst kind of officer, someone who didn’t help – couldn’t help – their friend, sometimes when I close my eyes I can still see his face, white as a sheet.

– Caroline Edwards

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For many of us, we haven’t been critical necessarily of the race of the officer whether or not they are White, Black, Hispanic or otherwise, but it’s the system. And what you are seeing over and over, again and again, is a system that perpetuates violence against people of color.

– Bakari Sellers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Or( we saw) the police officer using Hertfordshire Police/AP status within the family courts to undermine her access to her own children. certainly if anyone’s a victim of a police officer, they’re going to be extremely fearful of coming forward.

– Even Wistrich

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was the type of person to peek out the windows and see if there’s a domestic [ incident ] going on, let me call the police to sort it out, nowadays, if I was facing some sort of harassment or something in the street, I would n’t go to a police officer.

– Patsy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have failed. And I’m sorry, he should not have been a police officer. We haven’t applied the same sense of ruthlessness to guarding our own integrity that we routinely apply to confronting criminals.

– Mark Rowley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We do not specifically train to punch in the face unless it’s a defensive tactic in order for the officer to have some type of defense.

– Chief John Porter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My office will conduct a thorough investigation of the case, including analyzing all police unit dash camera and officer camera footage, communication with the officer, and interviews with witnesses, sirens and police vehicles do not give an officer the authority to cut through a red light. They must slow down or come to a complete stop when human life is in danger.

– District Attorney Tony Clayton says

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You attack a police officer, you harm, injure and kill a law enforcement officer, you should be held accountable to the highest level permissible by law.

– Mick McHale

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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