patrolman

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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

The ad then shows the patrolman approaching the vehicle: “Miss, I’m going to need you to step out of the vehicle,” he says, tapping the kit on the driver’s side door, “take a pregnancy test.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

“I understand we might be having a better night,” Tampa police patrolman Taylor Grant said before looking at the business card.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

He subsequently worked as a patrolman on day and night shifts, the department said.

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

To make matters worse, every officer and patrolman was assigned to work a twelve-hour shift.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler