sergeant
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While the sergeant stopped to investigate, police dispatchers were simultaneously getting 911 calls about the incident, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Other times, a sergeant holds a personal grudge, or the officers on your cellblock simply don’t like you.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"I went in and did the interview and by the time I came out the old custody sergeant had been to Eason's and bought it, so I did my first signing in Bangor custody suite."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Will it? Then will you set about it at once, blacksmith?” said the off-hand sergeant, “as it’s on his Majesty’s service. And if my men can bear a hand anywhere, they’ll make themselves useful.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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“Every day witnessed the promotion of sergeants or even corporals to company and battalion commanders.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It will be made up of an inspector, three sergeants and 45 constables.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
She said she was “shocked” when one of the sergeants conducting the interview began making uncomfortable remarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
The Americans killed in the Palmyra attack last weekend were Iowa National Guard sergeants William Howard and Edgar Torres Tovar, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a civilian from Michigan who worked as an interpreter.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Many sergeants and officers, and certainly most inmates, were glad she was going.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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