peace officer

Example Sentences

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It does exclude offenders sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole and offenders who commit first-degree murder of a peace officer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

It increased age and education standards for becoming a peace officer, increased transparency requirements and put more oversight on the use of military equipment by civilian forces, just to name a few reforms.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Alfred “Al” Labrada saw his peace officer certification restored after an investigation by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, the state’s law enforcement accreditation body.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

Prosecutors did not require Cross to give up his certification as a peace officer under the terms of the deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Fully eight months later, I was in a boatyard farther south in California, getting my bottom paint renewed, and there was a state or county peace officer in the same boatyard.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen