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• n  a member of a police force

• When domestic quarrels threaten acute physical violence, nervous householders send for a policeman to restore order.
• How a dare over a beer led a retired policeman to rip the head off a waxwork of Der Fuhrer.
• A policeman's murder stokes fears of a deadly terror campaign in Northern Ireland.

• police officer
• officer

News & Articles

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• Spokane police officer has resigned
  A Spokane policeman who is under investigation has resigned and the Spokane County prosecutor's office is deciding if charges against the officer are warranted.
  June 11, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Police officer under investigation resigns from SPD
  SPOKANE, Wash. --  A Spokane policeman who is under investigation has resigned and the Spokane County prosecutor's office is deciding if charges against the officer are warranted. Police Chief Frank Straub said Tuesday that Officer Jeff Graves has resigned effective immediately. The department placed Graves on leave last month after a woman complained that he was stalking and harassing her after ...
  June 11, 2013 - KREM.com Spokane
• Policeman Jailed for Peddling Kate Middleton Info to Tabloids
  Constable Paul Flattley has been identified as the policeman who was paid to leak inside information about Kate Middleton and other confidential matters to the Sun, a British tabloid, over the course of three years. Although he was sentenced to two years in jail in March, Flattley's name was kept ... More »
  June 6, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• Vybz Kartel in The Voice
  He said: "Clarks is as much a part of Jamaican culture as saltfish and roast breadfruit, I swear to you. Policeman wear it, gangsters wear it. Big men wear it to their work. Schoolchildren wear it to school."
• Heribert Rech in AFP
  The first policeman heard shots fired on the first floor. They ...... went up and caught a glimpse of the gunman, who shot at them and fled,Rech said. "He is then believed to have shot two more teachers in the corridor."
• Benjamin Thompson in amNewYork
  Some of these drums are prayed over, blessed in Africa. And if a policeman comes over and puts his hands on the drums, it'll be over,said Benjamin Thompson, a retired security guard who plays trumpet with the group.