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Police officers are members of a civil force responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing laws.
The term is the formal, neutral way to refer to what casual speech calls cops or police: Two police officers responded to the call.
A single member is a police officer, though the plural dominates in news reports and official contexts.
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- thin blue lineMetaphor for police
- firefightersEmergency personnel combating blazes
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
patrol · foot patrol · body camera · badge · sergeant · criminal investigation · arrest · detective · undercover operations · SWAT teams · officer down · good cop bad cop · taser · beat cop · traffic stop · uniform · mace · cops
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- middle classteachers, nurses, office workers, secretaries, postal workers
- municipal jobsmunicipal workers, civil servants, city staff, firefighters, city planners
- public safety911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters, emergencies
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
police officerscriminals
Lawbreakers by act
lawbreakers · outlaws · fugitives · offenders · felons
police officersvigilantes
Unlicensed punishers of wrongdoers
lynch mobs · paramilitaries · militias · death squads · street gangs
police officerscivilians
Non-military population
citizens · ordinary people · prisoners · inmates · the public
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