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 was hard — it still is hard,” said Chief Reggie Burgess, who began his career as a patrolman in 1989 and is now considering running for mayor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Philip, then a New York City patrolman, kept close watch over his boys as they grew.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022
“Poor Angelo,” Mrs. Reilly said after the patrolman had left the room.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
He was surprised to see they were not state patrolmen at all.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
