patrolman

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Recent Examples of patrolman In the spinoff, Sean is now a patrolman with the Boston Police Department, eager to uphold the Reagan legacy while forging his own path. Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025 The film started as another project, the account of a highway patrolman’s effort to identify and capture the infamous Zodiac Killer. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025 Amonsen plays Sean Reagan, the son of Wahlberg's Danny, who moved from New York City to Boston to become a patrolman for the BPD. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025 Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton was hot on the trail of the next great American true crime documentary — a riveting account of a highway patrolman’s quixotic effort to identify and capture the infamous Zodiac Killer. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patrolman
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Noun
  • Beijing has been quick to denounce Maduro’s capture, condemning Washington for behaving like the world’s policeman.
    Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
  • And Ahmed al-Ahmed, who came to Australia from Syria in 2006, a former policeman who now owns a fruit stand at Bondi Beach, tackled one of the gunmen and wrenched the rifle from him, even as he was wounded himself.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 20 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Would a racist cop murder him later that afternoon in a traffic stop?
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • During the course of deliberately ramming the cop car, the teen’s vehicle was rendered inoperable.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Taking on the city of Minneapolis in the George Floyd case was challenging, but Romanucci acknowledges this case – suing the United States government for the conduct of an immigration officer – is harder.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The officer grabs Pretti’s hand to bring it behind his back, and deploys the pepper spray canister again and then pushes Pretti away.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Princess Diana and the Duchess of York once turned up at the club dressed as policewomen and many romantic relationships were sealed in the dark alcoves, although the tabloids rarely, if ever, found out.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Former policewoman Nerea, dismissed from the force, is drawn back when ritualistic murders emerge, confronting ghosts of her past and city’s underworld.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The judge said the sentence reflected the complexity of the mixed verdicts following two lengthy trials and the almost Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of Bongiovanni's career, in which the lawman racked up enough front-page accolades to fill a trophy case.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Shelton starred as legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Late on December 22, for example, mere hours after the shooting, detectives visited Barry and James, both of them still in the ER with conditions listed as critical, to record their official statements.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Sheldon Williams was a city paramedic in the 1990s and also served as a police detective for 14 years and had been teaching recently at Pitt's emergency medicine program as well as consulting for the Department of Homeland Security and with FEMA.
    Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Texas law requires constables to become licensed peace officers with arresting authority within nine months of taking office.
    Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Ciarametaro was Gloucester’s harbormaster from 2016 to 2024, and asked the shellfish constable to do his assignments between February and October of 2020 while enrolled at Endicott College.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Nonresidents may apply to any Minnesota county sheriff's office.
    Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The county sheriff followed procedure and contacted ICE when the subject posted bail, but ICE agents were too busy wreaking havoc in the Twin Cities to do their actual job and pick the prisoner up.
    Karen Cortes, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Patrolman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolman. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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