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Reproduced - police officer, that is - initial document (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

copied

'reproduced' is the definition.
(copying is a kind of reproducing)

'police officer that is initial document' is the wordplay.
'police officer' becomes 'cop' (cop is a kind of police officer).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'initial' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'document' is 'd'.
'cop'+'ie'+'d'='COPIED'

(Other definitions for copied that I've seen before include "Imitated, reproduced" , "Imitated or recreated" , "Imitated or replicated" , "Reproduced (something)" , "made a transcript" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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