squad car

noun

: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio

called also black-and-white, cruiser, prowl car

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Grier screamed, cried, made several threats to kill herself and refused to get in the squad car, the video showed. —

Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022 Jan and the kids then watched as Gaye was carted off in the back of a squad car with a black eye. —

Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023 Angela Bursac, Gracelyn’s mother, said her three daughters most enjoyed the K-9 demonstration and watching the dog jump out of the squad car. —

Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021 Carpentersville police Officer Kara Burroughs loaded box after box and bag after bag of food into a squad car Saturday until there was no space left to fill. —

Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022 Only two officers in a squad car and a hazmat crew remained in the lot, which was adjacent to the complex’s leasing office. —

Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023 Chauvin and his partner, Tou Thao, arrived on the scene as Kueng and Lane struggled to detain Floyd inside a squad car. —

Holly Bailey, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2022 After being shot at, Kubisiak drove down the driveway, smashed into a squad car and fled northbound on Britton Road. —

Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022 Unconfirmed video footage from a Twitter page tracking a Chicago police scanner appears to show the incident unfolding, from the moment the suspect tried to trap the officer between his vehicle and a squad car to the shootout. —

Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2022 See More

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