police cruiser

noun

: a car used by police officers

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In September, a Los Angeles family filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department alleging that officers intentionally rammed into their 16-year-old son’s motorbike with a police cruiser. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 According to police, the second driver then accelerated his moped towards the officers, hitting the door of a police cruiser, losing his balance, and then falling off. Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026 Dashboard camera footage from a police cruiser that arrived on scene shows brazen disregard for the arrival of authorities, as takeover participants, some wearing black face coverings, jump on the hood of the vehicle while fireworks blast off in an intersection behind them. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 That incident ended with a Boston police cruiser on fire. Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 22 Apr. 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 3 May. 2026.

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