police investigator

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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investigator
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪ.tər/us
/ɪnˈves.tə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person whose job is to examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandinvestigatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The formal-wearingpoliceinvestigatorseems as a rather anachronistic figure, more reminiscent of a figure from a gothic fiction work or a costume drama.
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The teenager pled guilty and told thepoliceinvestigatorthat the idea was to find, and get in a fight with someone.
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Prior to his election, he was apoliceinvestigator.
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This event both motivates and hinders her as apoliceinvestigator.
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As the film draws to a close, thepoliceinvestigatorreturns only to find a real estate agent is showing the townhouse stripped of all possessions to prospective buyers.
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For example, we now know that undercover police investigators were among the demonstrators and probably also incited them to violence.
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A major change from the current arrangements will be the use of police investigators working under the active direction and supervision of the commission.
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That is all accepted by the police investigators.
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In either case, public confidence will have been shaken and the morale of police investigators severely damaged.
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Fourthly, it is said that police investigators are senior officers drawn from another force or division.
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Police investigators send the lamp to a museum along with an unusual bracelet found at the scene.
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He said police investigators are working with the local district attorney's office and the case is ongoing.
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A county judge ordered police investigators, attorneys, court and jail personnel to not discuss the case with the media.
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Police investigators speculated that the truck driver had fallen asleep at the wheel, based on a lack of skidmarks.
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The police investigators, searching for a fugitive motorcycle and not a truck, were unable to locate him.
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The remaining 20 percent were civilian police investigators involved in crime detection, forensic science, administration, or logistics.
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Throughout the film, county judges, police investigators, and newsmen continuously warn about the dangers of street racing.
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Other police investigators fled the country, stalling the investigation.
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The police investigators were given conflicting eyewitness reports.
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Friends of the victims told police investigators that the two girls had previously experienced a mysterious man following them during a swimming trips.
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Police investigators have claimed that the new computer software will help detect millions of dollars in fraud.
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