patrolman

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Recent Examples of patrolman After Shannon and Maggie’s deaths, Dennis Police Department Police Chief John Brady issued a statement on behalf of patrolman John Hubbard. Charna Flam, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025 Yet Feeley kept his badge; he was simply demoted to patrolman after serving a mere 45-day suspension. Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025 Caught in the middle of this controversy was Deputy Keith Farquhar, then a young patrolman. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2025 Once in the governor's office, the future president quickly changed the complexion of the state workforce, placing Blacks in 40 percent of influential positions, including boosting their number on Georgia boards from three to 53 and appointing the first Black state patrolman. David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for patrolman
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Noun
  • Some of the policemen were busy convincing men with rifles who had positioned themselves in between the houses along West Sullivan Street, facing the school, to hold their fire.
    Sally Ventura June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • Baruchel will play Jacob Merrick, a small-town policeman.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Medics took both victims to Bellevue Hospital Center in stable condition, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
  • Since then, articles are popping up, pointing out that people have a right to ask questions before just assuming that guy with the badge is really a cop.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Towels Pop all of your family's bath and hand towels into the wash every Friday, advises Tanu Grewal, who is the chief cleaning officer at Pinalen Cleaner, Cloralen Bleach, and Ensueno Laundry in Houston, Texas.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • Writer/director Williams spent four years visiting Australian prisons and interviewing officers and inmates, many of whom are featured.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Historians have long debated which pioneer in the field of women’s policing holds the title of the U.S.’s first policewoman, as opposed to police matron.
    Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Amedy Coulibaly, an accomplice who killed a policewoman and four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris during the manhunt for the Kouachis, had been convicted five times for armed robbery.
    Diego Gambetta, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2016
Noun
  • The Naked Gun is a direct sequel to the original trilogy, with Neeson playing Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., son of Nielsen's bumbling lawman.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 June 2025
  • Waterston plays District Attorney Forrest Bedford, a Southern lawman who forms a bond with his Black housekeeper, Lilly Harper, played by Taylor.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • No arrests had been made as an investigation by Calumet Area detectives was underway.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
  • While Murray denied any wrongdoing, he was interviewed by LAPD detectives and his clinic in Texas was searched as part of the ongoing investigation, Murray's lawyer said in a statement.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The constable’s office was notified of the inappropriate request June 10 when the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force came into contact with Slusher’s request, officials said in a news release.
    Kate Linderman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2025
  • The constable threw her convulsing body over the back of a horse and carted her to county lines.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The sheriff's office has warned that Decker should be considered armed and dangerous.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • The sheriff’s office and the Coast Guard responded about 3 p.m. Saturday to reports that 10 people were in the water next to a capsized boat near California’s D.L. Bliss State Park, at the southwestern end of the lake.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025

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“Patrolman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolman. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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