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Sunday morning, police say that an 18-year-old man approached two officers in their police cruiser and opened fire after officers got out of their vehicle.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
6 July 2026 Just under a month later, a wrong-way driver crashed into a state police cruiser on Route 1 in Peabody, and was later taken into ICE custody on his way to court.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026 Last week, after an unusual delay, the department released police cruiser dashcam video of the September shooting, which showed one officer pulling and pointing a weapon before he was shot by another officer through the windshield of a vehicle.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026 In that police cruiser was State Trooper Peter Spinale, who was injured.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for police cruiser