patrolman

Example Sentences

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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

“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

The Grand Rapids police chief, Eric Winstrom, said he was not aware of any evidence that the patrolman knew Lyoya or his record.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

The patrolman who had arrested him was standing there.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole