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
In Havana, which Castro must crack to win Cuba, every available police prowl car roamed the streets, and few citizens ventured out after dark.
From Time Magazine Archive
Radio Actor Donn Reed, who originated the show, spends his nights riding a Culver City, Calif, prowl car to make on-the-spot recordings of police investigations, arrests and interrogations.
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 Out Like a Light by Kelly Freas
