WordNet
hearing officer
n. an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers [syn: hearing examiner]
Usage examples of "hearing officer".
Then he'd given himself a superficial wound with his own gun and swum back into the ocean, awaiting rescue by the police and the INS, who helpfully transported him into the city themselvesfirst to the hospital and then to the immigration hearing officer.