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That means cops with dubious records sometimes get bounced around police agencies.

Diamandis compares it to a cop walking the beat, but for a biological threat—that is, it requires a more targeted approach than searching for one criminal.

From Fortune

However, private security agents still face far less public scrutiny than the average cop.

From Ozy

Earlier this month, Kate Nucci reported that cops since 2013 had issued at least 83 tickets for seditious language.

When Jennifer Strong and I started reporting on the use of face recognition technology by police for our new podcast, “In Machines We Trust,” we knew these AI-powered systems were being adopted by cops all over the US and in other countries.

Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.

Lucas said that he himself nonetheless hopes to become a cop.

Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.

The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.

Once he had been a young cop, determined to work his way up in the police force.

In his efforts to clear himself, the young cop had taken half a dozen lead slugs from underworld guns into his body.

It was the Hermit's vast store of scientific knowledge that brought the half-dead cop back to health.

The sight of a traffic cop made him dodge around a corner that threw him off his course.

He struck just one wild haymaker of a blow that cleared the head of the cop by nearly a foot.

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On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cop, such as: deputy, flatfoot, fuzz, lawman, patrolman, and policeman.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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