patrolman

Example Sentences

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Asked how he’d like to be remembered, Wambaugh summed it up with the no-nonsense crispness of a patrolman handing out a speeding ticket.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The ad then shows the patrolman approaching the vehicle: “Miss, I’m going to need you to step out of the vehicle,” he says, tapping the kit on the driver’s side door, “take a pregnancy test.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

A 27-year-old patrolman when he was shot, Patterson was later promoted to detective.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023

Philip, then a New York City patrolman, kept close watch over his boys as they grew.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

When the gigantic wave of molasses hit, Boston Police patrolman Frank McManus was at a call box getting ready to make a routine report.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler