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paddy wagon



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“You don’t want to come in right away loading people into the paddy wagon … You have to balance these two interests as closely as you can.”

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

At 2 a.m., they brought them to the paddy wagon that would take them to the temporary detention facility.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022

But there’s one thing that’s changed: That step up into the paddy wagon is tougher at age 81.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2019

The Associated Press reported that Fonda was taken away in a paddy wagon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019

In a last-ditch effort, he managed to load the camera before the paddy wagon drove off.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner