Police (4)

I believe the answer is:
cops
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">police</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(cop can informally mean a police officer)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cops that I've seen before include "Panda owners" , "The police (sl.)" , "Police (slang)" , "Familiar American policemen" .)