patrolman
noun
pa·trol·man
pə-ˈtrōl-mən 
: one who patrols
especially
: a police officer assigned to a beat
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On the morning of October 1, a patrolman working on an unrelated case stumbled onto Lebowitz’s body in a remote wooded area about half a mile from her home.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
The trial was briefly delayed when he was jailed on a traffic warrant, and again when a highway patrolman ordered him to get his decrepit car off the road.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
So Ed and one of his patrolmen picked John up and put him in the car, and helped the daughter in.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
The native of South Boston, Va., joined the force in 1985 and worked as a patrolman and a detective before becoming a sergeant in 2000.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
The trial was briefly delayed when he was jailed on a traffic warrant, and again when a highway patrolman ordered him to get his decrepit car off the road.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
So Ed and one of his patrolmen picked John up and put him in the car, and helped the daughter in.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
The native of South Boston, Va., joined the force in 1985 and worked as a patrolman and a detective before becoming a sergeant in 2000.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
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patrolman
noun
pa·trol·man
pə-ˈtrōl-mən
: a police officer who has a regular beat
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