patrol car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio or computer : squad car
Placing an unarmed, compliant juvenile in the back of a patrol car transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest, the 9th Circuit held …—
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That means walking officers who know the block, not just patrol cars passing through.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Tire tracks near the murder scene matched his patrol car.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The footage began inside Banner’s patrol car as heavy rain poured down around him.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Hail as large as softballs struck in Missouri, damaging local patrol cars and roofs and killing an animal at the zoo, authorities said.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Tire tracks near the murder scene matched his patrol car.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The footage began inside Banner’s patrol car as heavy rain poured down around him.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Hail as large as softballs struck in Missouri, damaging local patrol cars and roofs and killing an animal at the zoo, authorities said.
—Marta Mieze, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for patrol car
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