officer-involved shooting
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- noun
- /ˈɔfɪsər ɪnˈvɑlvd ˈʃutɪŋ/
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- We've tracked a number of officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area this year, and while the story is often that an individual pulled a gun, the evidence often does not support that.
- fatal officer-involved shootings
- following an officer-involved shooting
- officer-involved shootings of civilians
In my city alone, there's been so many shootings from, you know, that that are often officer involved shootings, whether they're justified or not.
- In my city alone, there's been so many shootings from, you know, that that are often officer involved shootings, whether they're justified or not.
Examples
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The community held a vigil to honor the victim of an officer-involved shooting that took place last week.
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We have an officer-involved shooting.
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Yesterday, my department had an officer-involved shooting incident.
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Do you know how many officer-involved shootings there are in a year?
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He has met with LAPD investigators who are looking into the incident as is procedure in an officer-involved shooting.
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San Jose (CBS SF) -- San Jose police detained one suspect and were searching for the second suspect who fled police following an officer-involved shooting in East San Jose Friday night, according to police.
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City officials have been inundated with inquiries from residents questioning why the use of force board did not convene following the officer-involved shooting death of Kendrec McDade in March.
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The Reno Gazette-Journal reported on the recent officer-involved shooting that occurred during a traffic stop.
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After the officer-involved shooting, the police department announced an investigation into the incident.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
officer-involved + shooting
The meaning 'a shooting in which a police officer is directly involved' is directly derivable from the constituents 'officer' + 'involved' modifying 'shooting'; a B1 learner who knows these words can infer that an officer is part of the incident. The hyphenated compound is a straightforward compositional pattern common across languages and English, so no idiomatic shift prevents comprehension.
Etymology
Officer-involved shooting comes from police reports and news headlines as a plain way to say that a police officer is involved in a shooting. So, it now means 'a shooting incident where a police officer is directly involved'.