officer-involved

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Adjective

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officer-involved (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly of a shooting, euphemistic) Committed by a police officer.
    • 2019, John Pilz, Finding Shared Understanding between African Americans and the Police through Simulated Experiences, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 115:
      There has been an increase in dissatisfaction with the police from African-American communities due to many recently publicized officer-involved use of force incidents on unarmed African-Americans in the United States.

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