constable
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Sometimes a junior constable walked into the frame and saluted her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
One of the individuals has been identified as David Soffer, a Met Police special constable, as first reported by Declassified UK then confirmed by the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
On Wednesday, the chief constable appeared before Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which is carrying out an inquiry into policing and security issues.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It was only after Sanjoy contacted the chief constable that the families were told what had been said.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Then the inner door opened—the door, she now saw, which separated the office from the pair of cells—and in the light that streamed before him, the constable appeared, carrying a breakfast tray.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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