constable
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Peter Wai, a British border force officer and police constable, helped with information-gathering and surveillance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
After leaving the Met, he became a volunteer constable for City of London Police.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
He was found guilty at the Court of Appeal in November – the first time a chief constable has received such a sanction – and ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling nearly £300,000.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Sometimes a junior constable walked into the frame and saluted her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It required the constable and two sturdy members of the Watch to conduct a timid witch up Carpenter’s Lane, along Broad Street, up Hungry Hill to the Town House.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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