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police officer

[puh-lees aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-] / pəˈlis ˌɔ fə sər, ˌɒf ə- /


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For its part, the Louvre created a new security coordinator position now held by Olivier Goupil, a veteran police officer known for modernizing the Paris Transport Authority’s security command center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The woman’s boyfriend, an off-duty police officer, then placed Gonzalez in handcuffs, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

In Nottingham, a senior police officer said offenders who wore them to hide their identity caused "substantial" problems.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

And when they catch a cold and blow their nose in a tissue it "is black", added her mother, Mirela Kabashi, a police officer in Elbasan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Inside the courtroom door they had placed a large metal detector, on the other side of which was an enormous German shepherd held back by a police officer.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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