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 a big city, no prowl car can possibly lug enough warrants.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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The next night, two girls, aged 15 and 16, were riding in a prowl car with Detectives John Creamer and Philip Dennehy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Of course the prowl car braked fast and went down the exit after it.
From The Impossibles by Garrett, Randall