police cruiser

noun

: a car used by police officers

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Three people, including two police officers, were hospitalized early Thursday morning after a car and marked police cruiser collided in North Philadelphia. Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Last week, after an unusual delay, the department released police cruiser dashcam video of the September shooting, which showed one officer pulling and pointing a weapon before he was shot by another officer through the windshield of a vehicle. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026 In that police cruiser was State Trooper Peter Spinale, who was injured. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026 An underage passenger in a crash northeast of Atlanta is lucky to be alive after they were thrown from their vehicle onto the hood of a police cruiser. Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for police cruiser

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“Police cruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20cruiser. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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