prowl car
Example Sentences
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Policing was "relaxed," at best, with two officers sitting in each prowl car and driving aimlessly around the streets.
From Economist • Aug. 30, 2013
These guys prefer unmarked trucks because, say, a Mobil truck pulling up to an Exxon station might draw the attention of a prowl car.
From Time Magazine Archive
Radio Actor Donn Reed, who originated the show, spends his nights riding a Culver City, Calif, prowl car to make on-the-spot recordings of police investigations, arrests and interrogations.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it "hits" a wanted number, a bell rings, the number is automatically typed out, and the teletypist radios ahead to a second prowl car parked some 900 ft. down the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as the prowl car gets here, we'll take you right on down to St. Vincent's.
From The Impossibles by Garrett, Randall
