police officer
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1437A — under this chapter (17 versions over time)
Definition.—In this paragraph, the term "police officer" means any person determined by a public housing agency to be, during the period of residence of that person in public housing, employed on a full-time basis as a duly licensed professional police officer by a Federal, State, or local government or by any agency thereof (including a public housing agency having an accredited police force).
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One of the staff of men employed in cities and towns to enforce the municipal police, i. e., the laws and ordinances for preserving the peace and good order of the community. Otherwise called "policeman."
Defined under Police in Black's Law Dictionary.