beat cop
Example Sentences
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Jack Hibbert - a beat cop just four months into the job - was hit in both the head and the shoulder but continued to help festival attendees until he physically couldn't, his family said.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
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 beat cop from the neighborhood strolls in.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
