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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Officer Michael McKinney was driving a patrol car on Carlsbad Village Drive, headed under Interstate 5, when a rock struck the vehicle, destroying its spotlight and damaging the windshield, police said.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
Two women were struck and injured by a Daytona Beach safety patrol car while sunbathing on Monday, May 27, 2024.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 May 2024
The department said a deputy was at a red light near the intersection when a large crowd swarmed his patrol car and began kicking and punching it.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Holley, a 39-year-old mother of four, was sitting in her patrol car while working an overtime shift in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay neighborhood when she was ambushed and shot in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
The audit also found that the majority of LASD personnel patrolling their region were assigned to patrol cars as opposed to walking stations or riding buses and trains.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Other unmarked vehicles are used for traffic enforcement and SWAT units, with unmarked vehicles appearing identical to marked patrol cars, with the exception of the outside police identifiers.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
Aerial footage from outside the Regal Stonecrest at Piper Glen movie theater, captured by WSOC-TV, showed the parking lot blocked off by crime scene tape and multiple patrol cars.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
Local outlets have reported that the streets leading to the residence are taped off, and patrol cars were seen parked in the area on Tuesday morning.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 May 2024
Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
Two women were struck and injured by a Daytona Beach safety patrol car while sunbathing on Monday, May 27, 2024.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 May 2024
The department said a deputy was at a red light near the intersection when a large crowd swarmed his patrol car and began kicking and punching it.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Holley, a 39-year-old mother of four, was sitting in her patrol car while working an overtime shift in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay neighborhood when she was ambushed and shot in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
The audit also found that the majority of LASD personnel patrolling their region were assigned to patrol cars as opposed to walking stations or riding buses and trains.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Other unmarked vehicles are used for traffic enforcement and SWAT units, with unmarked vehicles appearing identical to marked patrol cars, with the exception of the outside police identifiers.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
Aerial footage from outside the Regal Stonecrest at Piper Glen movie theater, captured by WSOC-TV, showed the parking lot blocked off by crime scene tape and multiple patrol cars.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
Local outlets have reported that the streets leading to the residence are taped off, and patrol cars were seen parked in the area on Tuesday morning.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 May 2024
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