patrolman

Example Sentences

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The patrolmen are equipped with rifles and handguns, to be used as a last resort against angry polar bears and musk ox.

From Barron's

County Sheriff’s Department have done the heavy lifting – keeping control with helicopters, hundreds of patrolmen on foot and hundreds of patrol cars.

From Salon

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

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

Two California Highway patrolmen stood about 20 feet away, talking to each other as traffic crawled along.

From Los Angeles Times