A government employee appointed to enforce the law, such as a police officer or sheriff.
he developed the fingerprinting techniques still used by law enforcement officers today
Example sentencesExamples
- In all past wars, our law enforcement officers have turned over enemy belligerents to military authorities.
- We will have sky marshals who will be armed law enforcement officers.
- What you're having is a situation where law enforcement officers are being authorised to commit criminal acts.
- Charges that he tried to illegally influence two state law enforcement officers were pending.
- We don't want our law enforcement officers injured or sabotaged in the process.