beat cop
Example Sentences
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His first decade was spent as a beat cop in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Before he was a police chief, he used to be a beat cop.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023
A passing female beat cop gives the jaunty vandal an equally jolly smile, and even a tip of the cap.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021
A year later, his performance as a world-weary Irish beat cop, albeit with a definite Scottish accent, in The Untouchables, won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2020
A beat cop from the neighborhood strolls in.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
