How to Use in the line of duty in a Sentence

in the line of duty

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  • That compares to 100 deaths per year in the line of duty.
    — cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Mike is no stranger to tragedies in the line of duty, either.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Who was the last Phoenix officer killed in the line of duty?
    — Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Scott was on duty during the Sept. 11 attacks and died in the line of duty.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • When he was injured in the line of duty, OCFA was there for him.
    — Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The death of Sir marked only the second time a San Diego police dog has been killed in the line of duty.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Have any Secret Service agents died in the line of duty?
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
  • Brown, 45, is one of 13 firefighters killed in the line of duty in the United States so far this year.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Sir is the second dog to die in the line of duty in the department since the program began.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Death of a first responder who dies while serving in the line of duty.
    — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2024
  • Forty-seven officers were shot and killed in the line of duty in 2023.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Cordero was the first Riverside County deputy killed in the line of duty since 2003, Bianco said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Cordero was the first Riverside County deputy killed in the line of duty since 2003, Bianco said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Briese, 23, was the son of a former sheriff's deputy in Montana who also died in the line of duty.
    — CBS News, 2 June 2024
  • Deputy Leising was shot and killed in the line of duty on Saturday evening.
    — CBS News, 8 May 2023
  • Nix was the 77th Dallas police officer to die in the line of duty.
    — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Nothem, 36, is the first Carrollton officer to die in the line of duty.
    — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Smith is the second ISP trooper to be killed in the line of duty this year while deploying spike strips.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 3 July 2023
  • Deputy Tobin Bolter became the first death in the agency’s history in the line of duty.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2024
  • The two prison guards who died in the attack last month, at a highway tollbooth about 85 miles northwest of Paris, were the first to be killed in the line of duty in 32 years.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
  • And just four days ago, a Russell County deputy was killed in the line of duty, officials said.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • In North Carolina, the number of officers killed in the line of duty has climbed since 2014.
    — Ames Alexander and, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
  • Wednesday’s shooting was the third time a Dallas officer has been shot in the line of duty this year.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • It is named in memory of a young police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The crash comes months after the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department mourned the loss of two deputies killed in the line of duty in two weeks.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • The crash comes months after the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department mourned the loss of two deputies killed in the line of duty in two weeks.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Cannon was the first Black police officer in Charlotte killed in the line of duty.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
  • The spokesman said badges of officers who are killed or die in the line of duty have their sequence numbers retired.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The incident marked the 54th killing of an Oakland police officer in the line of duty.
    — David Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The bad guy is ultimately caught — though not before Sid suffers a minor injury in the line of duty — and the episode ends with Karl making amends.
    — Claire Franken, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024

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