prowl car

Example Sentences

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Policing was "relaxed," at best, with two officers sitting in each prowl car and driving aimlessly around the streets.

From Economist • Aug. 30, 2013

Linked by radio to the computer, police in one prowl car simply call off a sampling of passing license numbers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mayor Hugh Addonizio crisscrossed the riot area in an unmarked prowl car.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it "hits" a wanted number, a bell rings, the number is automatically typed out, and the teletypist radios ahead to a second prowl car parked some 900 ft. down the road.

From Time Magazine Archive

As soon as the prowl car gets here, we'll take you right on down to St. Vincent's.

From The Impossibles by Garrett, Randall