How to Use military police in a Sentence

military police

noun
  • Pursued by the military police, there is an episode in which the team helps an army corporal.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 16 May 2021
  • To this day, the surfers who defied that ban and got chased by military police remain legendary.
    — Daniel Duane, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2020
  • So, when military police busted some of the campers smoking weed, the entire group was kicked out of the park.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The military police that are visible in the city are members of the Guard.
    — Jonathan Lemire, Time, 1 June 2020
  • The next day, military police at Camp Pendleton found the girl in a barracks.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The federal troops include two military police units and a rapid response force.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 3 June 2020
  • The team is a military police unit trained to respond to civil disturbances.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Two people on the aircraft were burned to death, according to military police.
    — Ana Melgar, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The violence has stretched the police and led at times to the deployment of military police.
    — Mike Corder, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
  • No one else was injured, and military police fired no shots during the standoff, Plymale said.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2020
  • Suddenly, a truck of military police officers pulled up in front of him, and the men began leaping out of the car.
    — Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2024
  • Today, at least 70 percent of guard members are military police transferred from the army and navy.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The base’s military police or grunts from the base under other commanders would be dispatched to his apartment.
    — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The cause of the accident was not immediately clear, a spokesman for the military police said.
    — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 23 May 2021
  • The 41st battalion of the military police is known as the battalion of death.
    — Kiratiana Freelon, The Root, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Some 82nd Airborne military police were brought into the area.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2020
  • Gonzalez was a firefighter, and Cody was with the military police.
    — Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Russian military police quickly moved into the town, in a clear sign to Turkey not to attempt to retake it.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The worker declined to press charges when military police were called to respond to the incident at the cemetery, the Army said.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • On June 28, military police at Camp Pendleton found the girl in a barracks.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, Martin reached into a backpack and pulled out a hatchet, claimed to be military police and raced toward the guard, the reports said.
    — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Steven Garcia is a patrol supervisor with a military police unit, but the fight of his young life isn't on a battlefield.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 18 May 2018
  • Amid the chaos, 25 members of the National Guard military police were killed.
    — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Its founders were survivors of the Carandiru massacre the year before, when 111 inmates were killed by military police.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Johnny says the day Frankie got back, two members of the armed service’s military police rounded him up and took him straight to a federal building.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The action, following the death of a 7-year-old girl who was killed in her home by military police over the weekend, ground the nation’s economy to a halt.
    — Fortune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Married with no children, Beltrame had served in the French military police and received a number of awards for bravery.
    — Sheena McKenzie and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The base provost marshal and military police supported the driver, and Robinson was subject to court-martial.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • By this stage, referee Matheus Candancan had asked for the protection of military police on the field.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Further units from Fort Bragg and Fort Drum consisted of military police.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2020

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