beat cop
Example Sentences
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His first decade was spent as a beat cop in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Fort Greene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Before he was a police chief, he used to be a beat cop.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023
Chris Chalk put his stamp on HBO’s dark, dynamic “Perry Mason” during a key scene in the first season, when his character, the deeply conflicted beat cop Paul Drake, pays a visit to Perry’s home.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
“We don’t see a single beat cop embrace Haywood’s ideas wholeheartedly and with clear understanding. We see a range from naïve support with unexamined privilege to cynicism to outright hostility.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2022
A beat cop from the neighborhood strolls in.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
