The police officer got some tips to go to the wood (5)
I believe the answer is:
copse
'wood' is the definition.
(a copse is a small wood)
'the police officer got some tips' is the wordplay.
'the police officer' becomes 'cop' (cop is a kind of police officer).
'got' says to put letters next to each other.
'tips' means to remove the middle letters (just the outer letters of the world).
'some' with its middle taken out is 'se'.
'cop'+'se'='COPSE'
'to go to the' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for copse that I've seen before include "Dense thicket of trees" , "Piece of woodland used for cutting" , "Piece of managed woodland" , "Clump of small trees for regular cropping" , "Small group of trees" .)