in the line of duty
idiom
: while doing one's job
a soldier/policeman/fireman who was killed in the line of duty
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The Indiana State Police is honoring four officers who died in the line of duty in 2024: Hendricks County Deputy Sheriff Fred Fislar, Newton County Sheriff’s Corporal Brandon Schreiber, Department of Correction Lt. Donald Neiswinger and Department of Correction Officer Shawn Burnell.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Officers who die are shown honor and gratitude from fellow officers
Corder is one of four police officers shot in the last two months in the Milwaukee area and the sixth officer killed in the line of duty since 2018.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Ken Kober, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Queen City Lodge #69, read the names of all 136 officers in Hamilton County who have been killed in the line of duty, starting with John Brasher who died in 1849.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Ryan Duxbury sustained a traumatic brain injury when he was shot in the line of duty in 2022.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 1 July 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Officers who die are shown honor and gratitude from fellow officers
Corder is one of four police officers shot in the last two months in the Milwaukee area and the sixth officer killed in the line of duty since 2018.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Ken Kober, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Queen City Lodge #69, read the names of all 136 officers in Hamilton County who have been killed in the line of duty, starting with John Brasher who died in 1849.
—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Ryan Duxbury sustained a traumatic brain injury when he was shot in the line of duty in 2022.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 1 July 2025
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“In the line of duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20line%20of%20duty. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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