How to Use field officer in a Sentence

field officer

noun
  • In recent years, with the loose dog problem so bad in southern Dallas, field officers checked out every complaint.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • So, field officers might use colorimetric tests – which cost his department about $5 each, Molander said.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Glazier knows the community well, having worked in Thomasville Heights as a young field officer in the mid-1990s.
    — Christian Boone, ajc, 14 June 2018
  • This allows field officers to return missing pets to their owners, keeping them out of crowded shelters that sometimes hit capacity.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • In our case, the process of ordering water involved a field officer using paper forms to request approval from a field manager, who would issue a voucher.
    — Sheeraz Memon, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Haspel drafted a cable approving the destruction that her boss ultimately sent to field officers, who fed the tapes into a shredding machine.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2018
  • Following that conversation, field officers returned to Borton’s home to gather more evidence to no avail.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The chief added that Sayago serves as a mentor, possesses a positive attitude and work ethnic and serves on the field officer training committee.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Most of the people who carried the devices that exploded were probably field officers, the local linchpins for cells of fighters who make up the backbone of Hezbollah’s forces.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Delany, a champion of black nationalism, went on to become the highest-ranking black field officer during the Civil War.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2021
  • He was briefed on conditions in the facility by an ICE deputy field officer and a CoreCivic warden.
    — Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • To reduce euthanasia rates, management discouraged field officers from impounding strays.
    — Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
  • By the time the data landed on I&A’s server around April 2022, the field officer who had initiated the transfer had left their post.
    — Dell Cameron, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Every year, Work Camp partners with Arlington code compliance field officers to identify homes that have been issued a notice of violation by the city.
    — Charlene Santiago, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
  • On Saturday, while organizers at their field officers supervised phone-banking and volunteer trainings, Knapp and Saling went knocking on doors.
    — Chloe Angyal, Marie Claire, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The church was targeted because an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer apparently serves as pastor.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Haspel took a posting as field officer in Ethiopia, an unglamorous assignment, but one that taught her how to run operations against agents for the Soviet Union, then a benefactor of the Ethiopian government.
    — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 17 May 2018
  • Haspel took a posting as field officer in Ethiopia, an unglamorous assignment, but one that taught her how to run operations against agents for the Soviet Union, then a benefactor of the Ethiopian government.
    — Shane Harris and Karoun Demirjian, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
  • According to Seri Worden, a task force member and a senior field officer for the National Trust, other cities have bolstered preservation incentive packages with tax credits or abatements.
    — Caitlin McCabe, Philly.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Noem, the homeland security secretary, has said the department is sending body cameras to every field officer in Minneapolis and that the body camera program would be expanded nationwide as funding allows.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
  • While an internal investigation takes place, Salgado has been reassigned to the department’s Alternate Response Section, in which staffers field non-emergency calls and determine whether to send field officers or make a police report over the phone.
    — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Earlier this month, an administration official told ABC News USCIS field officers were directed to refer up to 200 cases each month for potential denaturalizations, but the official said the guidance may change.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025

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