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This officer contacted the suspect.

The suspect was contacted by the officer.

Contact was made to the suspect by the officer.

This officer initiated contact with the suspect.

None of the above

Raj Kumar

This officer contacted the suspect.
and
This officer initiated contact with the suspect.

Both may seem accurate, but only the first one is absolutely correct.

dinodino

First and last. Passive voice uses forms of "to be" -- in this case "was"

bbasingal

This officer initiated contact with the suspect.

mistyb

The first and the fourth are active voice.

The "was . . . by" construction tends to be a feature of the passive voice.

Active: The dog bit the boy.

Passive. The boy was bitten by the dog.

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