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

“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

But while driving our rental car to the next event, set to be held in Augusta, Ga., we were pulled over by a highway patrolman in the rural stretch between Birmingham and Atlanta.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

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

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

If what he said was true, Yakov had only been in the water a short while before a patrolman had spotted him.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros