sergeant
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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
Ana Fajardo sat in a green folding chair by the grave of her son Edgar E. Lopez, a Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in enemy action in Iraq’s Babil province in 2004.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
He served for six years in the Continental Army at Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth and Yorktown, eventually rising to the rank of sergeant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
They tied up their horses and were heading inside when the sergeant asked Tom where his Winchester rifle was.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
In 2024, the same union survey concluded that Barragan’s performance was “very good,” but said that his choices for lieutenants and sergeants “lack operational experience.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A department spokesperson said 14 officers and two sergeants have been barred from having public contact and assigned to administrative duties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
The police watchdog said that a former detective constable could face gross misconduct proceedings - relating to alleged failures to properly investigate - and that two former detective sergeants were being investigated for alleged misconduct.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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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