police

Example Sentences

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When the men were stopped by police, one of them was carrying a bag with a cricket bat and a hockey stick.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

No, Ms. Brown was interested in grief, memory, selective prosecution, hasty police work, the politics of law enforcement, and the need to mollify the public when a heinous crime has been committed and goes unsolved.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Video of the rescue posted by the police department shows the Salinas Fire Department breaking down the wall and finding cinder block behind it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Even after she went to police, the fraudster called Guest to say he was sorry and that he loved her, drawing her back in to his web of lies.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

I used lots of big words to make them sound true, and I signed every one of them with the police chief’s name, Vernon Q. Highwater.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan