patrolman
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“Are you allowed to go into that?” she asked a patrolman.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
It didn’t help when the patrolman asked for our identification and saw we were from California.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
Her father was a highway patrolman, part of a long line of law enforcement in a family that’s instilled in Anderson a reverence for law enforcement.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Once the patrolman arrived, her chance would disappear and it all would go his way.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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 ● Jan. 28, 2026
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 ● Jun. 12, 2025
Two California Highway patrolmen stood about 20 feet away, talking to each other as traffic crawled along.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
The next day, the pair watched as the patrolmen mapped the river's winding offshoots, showing how they logged evidence of illegal fishing and hunting.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2022
Far down the block, two patrolmen, one black, one white, walked lightly, looking over each other's shoulders, glancing up at the rooftops.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
