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Printout of brave police officer included (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hard copy

'printout' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'brave police officer included' is the wordplay.
'brave' becomes 'hardy' (I've seen this before).
'police officer' becomes 'cop' (cop is a kind of police officer).
'included' is an insertion indicator.
'hardy' enclosing 'cop' is 'HARD COPY'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for hard copy that I've seen before include "Computer output printed on paper" , "print" , "printed version" , "Computerised data that's been printed out" , "e-mail, say, printed out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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