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
It all began with Whitt, a former special sergeant in the Army who served as Sumrall’s trusted muscle-builder at previous stops at Troy and Tulane, remodeling Florida’s weight room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
While Nicola, a former Police Scotland sergeant, accepts the final judgement, she says only she could truly decide when she could achieve a sense of closure.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Baba puts up his hand like a police sergeant.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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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
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
Both are senior to police constables, sergeants and inspectors and below the rank of commander and assistant and deputy commissioners.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
The sergeants were polite but did not believe it.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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