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The patrol wagon was the first one ever used in the city by national authorities.
1979: The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers in their first game played on new artificial turf at Soldier Field.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Officers then put him in the back of a patrol wagon, Pegues said, and threw his moped on top of him, injuring his face, back and legs.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
At dawn one morning, we were awakened by the screech of a patrol wagon pulling up next to us.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Both officers moved to handcuff the teenager, who tensed his arms and tried to resist the restraints as police moved him in front of a patrol wagon, according to the report.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
Within minutes, dozens of patrons came to watch and demand the release of the people still being kept in the patrol wagon.
—Noelle Zielinski, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
Seconds later, Harris re-enters the video, limping while he's led, handcuffed, to a patrol wagon.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2018
Privacy - Terms On the way, an officer using the patrol wagon's video monitoring equipment noticed that the man had stopped moving.
—Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 7 June 2018
Suddenly, the cops took off into Grant Park, clubbing the radicals and dragging them to patrol wagons.
—Patrick J. Buchanan, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Officers then put him in the back of a patrol wagon, Pegues said, and threw his moped on top of him, injuring his face, back and legs.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
At dawn one morning, we were awakened by the screech of a patrol wagon pulling up next to us.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Both officers moved to handcuff the teenager, who tensed his arms and tried to resist the restraints as police moved him in front of a patrol wagon, according to the report.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
Within minutes, dozens of patrons came to watch and demand the release of the people still being kept in the patrol wagon.
—Noelle Zielinski, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
Seconds later, Harris re-enters the video, limping while he's led, handcuffed, to a patrol wagon.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2018
Privacy - Terms On the way, an officer using the patrol wagon's video monitoring equipment noticed that the man had stopped moving.
—Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 7 June 2018
Suddenly, the cops took off into Grant Park, clubbing the radicals and dragging them to patrol wagons.
—Patrick J. Buchanan, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
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“Patrol wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20wagon. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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