police cruiser

noun

: a car used by police officers

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Dash camera video from Newton’s police cruiser doesn’t capture the shooting, but Newton can be heard yelling commands for Sanders to stop and show his hands. Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026 McPhatter got out of his car and told the man to mind his business, and when the man later walked up to the police cruiser demanding his badge number, the cop opened the driver’s side door and sprayed pepper spray at the ground near him, according to prosecutors. John Annese, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026 His investigation also found that Insogna was seen on a police cruiser camera putting her hand in the area of her buttocks multiple times as she was being taken to the department, according to the report. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026 The Minneapolis police cruiser was heading south toward sections of the city hit hardest by recent immigration raids. Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for police cruiser

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“Police cruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20cruiser. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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