‘there was a patrolman on the steps to keep the curious away’
‘Instead of arriving at the central police station, the patrolman pulled into a satellite station.’
‘It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.’
‘This way, if a call was made by a patrolman and a patrol wagon was sent, the officers aboard the wagon were able to listen for the ringing alarm.’
‘In January 1969 he joined the Washington Metropolitan Police Department as a patrolman.’
‘But police say a sharp-eyed patrolman helped prevent a much larger tragedy there.’
‘Police radioed other patrolmen in the area to set up a road block.’
‘Concerned for both her safety, and that of other road users, the patrolman then called police.’
‘So she borrowed a highway patrolman's radar gun.’
‘The largest remaining problem was with the method used by the station to contact the patrolman, whether he was on a car or on foot.’
‘Finally, a retired highway patrolman monitoring a police scanner slowed the suspect by using his car to block the suspect on a small residential road.’
‘These tests nearly mirror those given by highway patrolmen to suspected drunk drivers during roadside stops.’
‘Why is a police surveillance camera on a public street any more intrusive than a patrolman stationed on the corner?’
‘A few years later, the NYPD instituted the ‘mutual transfer,’ in which two patrolmen simply switched precincts.’
‘He dismissed well-trained officers from the police, appointing former bodyguards or even patrolmen in their stead to head up the force.’
‘Obscure precincts continued to need a full complement of patrolmen.’
‘A patrolman should do duty in his home precinct, one said, ‘because he is more familiar with conditions’.’
‘Again, we're expecting an additional 80 highway patrolmen in here.’
‘PPOs themselves were recruited from the ranks of patrolmen.’
‘He could already hear the sounds of patrolmen, calling out over the stretch of nothingness, flashing their lights every which way.’
‘Others have referred to them as undocumented border patrolmen.’