How to Use police car in a Sentence

police car

noun
  • Nichols could be seen on police video on the ground, slumped against a police car.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Shield then hops out of the police car, chasing the child down as the video footage ends.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Turner sped away in the van, hitting a police car.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • He was put in the back of a police car and taken to the hospital.
    — Annie Ma, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • There are people in that police car, that fire truck responding to a scene.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • He was handcuffed and placed in the backseat of the police car, police said.
    — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • And in between the chorus and verse, a police car spotlights him.
    — Davon Loeb, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • He was then captured, handcuffed, and put into the back of the police car.
    — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In one case, one man accused of assault had been hog-tied in the back of a police car and put face down.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • Protesters also set a police car on fire, the source said.
    — Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Benjamin first crashed his police car in 2002.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Later, as the teen was driving home, a police car turned on its sirens behind her and pulled her over.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At one point, individuals from the crowd climbed on top of the hood of the police car.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 27 July 2023
  • Wade died after being hit by a police car, and Moore was beaten to death.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Police then arrested the mother, and placed the child in a warm police car.
    — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Fallon then showed footage of the exact moment a police car came up behind them.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • The only real sign that the place had just been robbed was the police car stationed outside.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The boy was then put in handcuffs, his father said, before being placed in the back of a police car.
    — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The officers use a zip tie to bind Hayes' feet and place him in the back of a police car, the video shows.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Like a police car’s rotating warning light, Kmart’s blue lights were set on poles.
    — David Moin, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Wade was killed when a police car struck him, and buried in a pauper’s grave without his mother’s knowledge.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Carnage would step on a pedal every few minutes that triggered the horn on the police car.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Collins also got out of the police car and struck Ellis in the head at least four times, the report states.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Anyone with any smarts who drives on New York’s roads knows what an unmarked police car looks like.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
  • Video then shows the Grinch escorting two woman into the back of a police car.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The road leading to a site where clandestine graves were discovered was blocked by a police car.
    — Aarón Ibarra, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Body camera and police car footage from the incident will be released at a later time.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The vehicle was towed while the passenger was placed in the back of a police car while waiting for a ride.
    — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 28 July 2023
  • And even stranger was later being tagged in a post on Facebook that showed her cat in the back of a police car.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Wilt was transported in the back of a police car to a hospital, Humphrey said.
    — Dylan Lovan and Rebecca Reynolds, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023

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