squad car
noun
: a police automobile connected with headquarters by a two-way radio
called also black-and-white, cruiser, prowl car
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Responding officers rendered aid and then rushed him in their squad car to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Mariama Jalloh, ABC News, 21 June 2024
Young ignored police commands and nonlethal tactics, fleeing police by ramming a vehicle into a squad car before heading north on 16th Street, according to court documents.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
Video from the crash site shows the squad car also hit a fire hydrant.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
Two uniformed officers help a man out of the backseat of the squad car, and one of the officers appears to undo handcuffs from the man’s wrists.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
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Mariama Jalloh, ABC News, 21 June 2024
Young ignored police commands and nonlethal tactics, fleeing police by ramming a vehicle into a squad car before heading north on 16th Street, according to court documents.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
Video from the crash site shows the squad car also hit a fire hydrant.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
Two uniformed officers help a man out of the backseat of the squad car, and one of the officers appears to undo handcuffs from the man’s wrists.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
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“Squad car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squad%20car. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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