patrol car

noun

: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio or computer : squad car

Placing an unarmed, compliant juvenile in the back of a patrol car transformed an investigatory stop into an arrest, the 9th Circuit held Aug. 24.—

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Examples of patrol car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Preliminary investigation and witness statements indicate a Ford Explorer struck the median wall before continuing down the freeway, striking the patrol vehicle and pushing the patrol car into the back of a semi-truck, police said. —

Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2024 On November 22, 2014, Loehmann fatally shot Tamir Rice at a playground, three seconds after getting out of his patrol car, CNN reported. —

Chris Boyette, CNN, 11 July 2024 Two other officers riding in the same patrol car were nearby and responding to the pursuit, driving northbound on Doliva Drive, when the BMW crashed into the side of their car in the intersection, igniting the cruiser into flames, police said. —

Kristina Davis, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024 Billy Lee Coram, the inmate in the back of the patrol car, is wearing a hospital gown and choking himself with a seatbelt wrapped his neck as the car is moving in the roughly 12-minute video. —

CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for patrol car

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