plastic police

noun

1. informal.
   a collective term for several classes of public officer (including community support officers) authorized to perform certain tasks and duties in support of the police force, but having lesser powers than the police

Example Sentences

Catherine still has her son's suicide note, tightly wrapped in a plastic police evidence bag.

From BBC

Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boy from Rochester, N.Y., was in the first wave of rioters to breach the Capitol, prosecutors say, and stands accused of shattering a window with a plastic police riot shield.

From New York Times

Ingraham lamented that corporate concessions such as HBO temporarily pulling "Gone with The Wind" and LEGO's temporary cessation of "marketing little plastic police figures" will not win the day.

From Salon

Darren Wright and Trooper Guy Rosser were responsible for the arrest of Shell, purportedly for tearing yellow plastic police tape off a sawhorse that had been set up to corral the anti-Trump group.

From Washington Times

Darren Wright and Trooper Guy Rosser were responsible for the arrest of Shell, purportedly for tearing yellow plastic police tape off a sawhorse that had been set up to corral the anti-Trump group.

From Seattle Times