line of duty
noun phrase
: all that is authorized, required, or normally associated with some field of responsibility
Examples of line of duty in a Sentence
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Dozens of officers shot in line of duty Nearly 100 officers were shot, including 10 who were killed, in the first three months of 2024, according to a March update from The National Fraternal Order of Police.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Nonprofit group Officer Down Memorial Page has counted 38 line of duty deaths for police officers in the U.S. so far this year.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Our law enforcement line of duty families have suffered enough.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
This also entails differentiating protocol from what is unnecessarily inhibiting employees from being creative or going beyond the line of duty in ways that are beneficial to the organization.
—Federico Sendra, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Monday is Peace Officers Memorial Day, on which the nation remembers officers who fell in the line of duty.
—Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2023
An Alabama State Trooper is recovering after he was shot in the line of duty following a Sunday-evening pursuit in south Alabama.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2023
No Wisconsin officers died in the line of duty in 2022.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
Services have been finalized for two Chicago firefighters whose separate back-to-back line of duty deaths early this week rocked the city, according to the fire department.
—Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
Nonprofit group Officer Down Memorial Page has counted 38 line of duty deaths for police officers in the U.S. so far this year.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Our law enforcement line of duty families have suffered enough.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
This also entails differentiating protocol from what is unnecessarily inhibiting employees from being creative or going beyond the line of duty in ways that are beneficial to the organization.
—Federico Sendra, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Monday is Peace Officers Memorial Day, on which the nation remembers officers who fell in the line of duty.
—Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 15 May 2023
An Alabama State Trooper is recovering after he was shot in the line of duty following a Sunday-evening pursuit in south Alabama.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2023
No Wisconsin officers died in the line of duty in 2022.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
Services have been finalized for two Chicago firefighters whose separate back-to-back line of duty deaths early this week rocked the city, according to the fire department.
—Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
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