law enforcement officer

[ law en-fawrs-muhnt aw-fuh-ser, of-uh-ser ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a government employee whose main duties involve preventing, detecting, or punishing violations of the law; police officers, state troopers, sheriffs, rangers, etc., when considered collectively. : LEO

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Word History and Origins

Origin of law enforcement officer¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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The new measure empowers a law enforcement officer with a warrant to enter any premises to search and seize a computer or computer system containing material that is either evidence necessary to prove an offence or acquired by a person as a result of an offence.

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Other charges requested include aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order.

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That can include multiple homicides or cases where the victim is a law enforcement officer or witness to a crime.

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“Hector is the type of law enforcement officer that we all want to be,” Dicus said.

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For Honea, the most effective way to urge people to evacuate is for a uniformed law enforcement officer to go into neighborhoods and knock door to door.

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