peace officer
Law enforcement officer
A
law enforcement officer (
LEO) or
peace officer, in North American English, is a
public-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of
laws. The phrase can include
police officers,
special police officers,
customs officers,
state troopers,
special agents,
special investigators,
border patrol officers,
immigration officers,
court bailiffs,
correctional officers, detention officers, county jailers ,
probation officers,
parole officers,
arson investigators,
auxiliary officers,
game wardens,
sheriffs,
constables, marshals, and
deputies.
Security guards are
civilians and therefore not law enforcement officers, unless they have been granted powers to enforce particular laws, such as those accredited under a
Community Safety Accreditation Scheme. Although typically the term "law enforcement officer" refers to those government agents with police powers, prosecutors are also law enforcement officers.
peace officer
Noun
1. an officer of the law
(synonym) lawman, law officer
(hypernym) defender, guardian, protector, shielder
(hyponym) attorney general
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Synonyms and related words:
G-man, John Law, MP, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, chief of police, commissioner, constable, cop, deputy, deputy sheriff, detective, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man, inspector, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, mounted policeman, narc, officer, patrolman, police, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, reeve, roundsman, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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