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On the one hand, plenty of uses of “police officer” or “police-officer” prior to 1960; indeed, prior to 1900.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Suspect When You Can Find Out? 2010
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Arkady — I noticed in looking through the list that Our Host provided for us that a few of the uses of “police-officer” were from Dickens, and some from (translated) Russian or French literary sources.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Suspect When You Can Find Out? 2010
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If a citizen is confronted by a police-officer, they are expected to automatically comply.
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Underlying it all is a mystery about what happened to Wysocki's police-officer brother who was killed in the line of duty.
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To do that, she says she plans to reduce police-officer benefits and offer tax breaks to boutique shops opening in growing neighborhoods.
New Oakland Mayor Faces Budget Mess, Skeptical Unions Bobby White 2011
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A new postmortem shows that Tomlinson died of abdominal bleeding after the attack by the police-officer.
Boing Boing 2009
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In the interview, Ms. Quan says much of her early attention will focus on police-officer benefits.
New Oakland Mayor Faces Budget Mess, Skeptical Unions Bobby White 2011
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In Britain last week a man was arrested for citing St Paul on homosexuality in a private conversation overheard by a police-officer.
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Christie advanced to his master, and gave an account of himself and his journey, in the way in which a police-officer holds communication with his magistrate, that is, as much by signs as by words.
The Monastery 2008
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We need to move the police-officer initiative as quick as we can.
A Talk With Clinton 2008
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