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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Although Leal was not injured, Pimentel was hurt by glass shards after bullets struck his patrol car window.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Flowers on the hood of a patrol car during a news conference at the Boulder Police Department.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The department released a picture of her bullet-riddled patrol car.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
Supplied Two patrol cars had been positioned outside, one on each side of the street just a few houses away.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Flowers on the hood of a patrol car during a news conference at the Boulder Police Department.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The department released a picture of her bullet-riddled patrol car.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
Supplied Two patrol cars had been positioned outside, one on each side of the street just a few houses away.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for patrol car
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“Patrol car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patrol%20car. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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