Examples of police station in a Sentence
They brought him down to the police station for questioning.
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The first inkling that something horrible had happened on Jim Platt Road was when Lester and the infant, who had been released by Dearman, turned up at the Citronelle police station and told officers what happened.
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Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Authorities say two of the men had plans to use explosives and small arms fire in attacks on a police station and at a stadium in east Jerusalem.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
Jeremy Herbert, was at a police station when the mayday call was relayed to him.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Standing outside a Jackson police station, Horne alleged that Mooneyham had picked up her son from a friend’s house in Brandon, Miss., and driven him to neighboring Hinds County, where he was later killed.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Gangs in Port-Au-Prince have killed cops, taken over police stations, attacked the international airport and wealthy enclaves, and broken out thousands of inmates from Haiti’s prisons.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Heavily armed gang members have stormed prisons and police stations in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
But police face limited resources and have been targets of the violence, with several police stations attacked or burned down in the past two weeks.
—Colin McCullough, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Conditions deteriorated further this month when the gangs, which usually battle one another, joined together to attack two prisons, the international airport, the principal seaport and several police stations.
—Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Authorities say two of the men had plans to use explosives and small arms fire in attacks on a police station and at a stadium in east Jerusalem.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
Jeremy Herbert, was at a police station when the mayday call was relayed to him.
—William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
Standing outside a Jackson police station, Horne alleged that Mooneyham had picked up her son from a friend’s house in Brandon, Miss., and driven him to neighboring Hinds County, where he was later killed.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
Gangs in Port-Au-Prince have killed cops, taken over police stations, attacked the international airport and wealthy enclaves, and broken out thousands of inmates from Haiti’s prisons.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Heavily armed gang members have stormed prisons and police stations in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
But police face limited resources and have been targets of the violence, with several police stations attacked or burned down in the past two weeks.
—Colin McCullough, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Conditions deteriorated further this month when the gangs, which usually battle one another, joined together to attack two prisons, the international airport, the principal seaport and several police stations.
—Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
1820, in the meaning defined above
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