How to Use squad car in a Sentence

squad car

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  • Cox was first placed in the back of a squad car that had seat belts.
    — Ana Ley, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • The 23-year-old Irvine was a passenger in the squad car.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Police said the squad car's sirens and lights were both on.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Jan and the kids then watched as Gaye was carted off in the back of a squad car with a black eye.
    — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Police then handcuff him on the ground and drag him to their squad car, the clip shows.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The car rode on a sidewalk while the squad car headed north on Kenwood on the street.
    — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The deputies pushed Porter against the squad car and then to the pavement while trying to handcuff her.
    — Christopher Weber, ajc, 19 Aug. 2021
  • While seated in his squad car with his lights on around1:25 a.m.
    — Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Noonan killed the engine and got out of the squad car, keeping her body behind the door.
    — Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The deputies' squad car pulled up behind them with lights flashing.
    — Christopher Weber, ajc, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The officer turned on the squad car's lights and siren in an attempt to make a traffic stop.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • When two cops exit a squad car, someone makes a Bad Boys crack.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The shooting was recorded on video from the officer's squad car.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2021
  • Officers then place handcuffs on Brown and walk him over to a squad car.
    — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Ruszczyk then approached the driver's side of the squad car, and Noor, sitting in the passenger's seat, shot and killed her.
    — Omar Jimenez and Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 June 2022
  • When the 911 call came in about a man seen toting a gun, Helm was already parked in his squad car nearby.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2021
  • Later, police put the man into the back of a squad car and took him to a hospital.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In a vacant lot behind the gas station, Cain pointed a gun at the boys, who were handcuffed in the squad car.
    — Washington Post, 26 July 2021
  • The good ones get tarred with the same brush, even though the last person who wants to get in a squad car with a bad officer is a good one.
    — Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Thao as Lane and Kueng struggled to place Floyd, who was handcuffed, inside a squad car.
    — Holly Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
  • Tubby climbed out onto the trunk of the squad car, was struck with bean bag rounds, fell to the ground and began to run toward the exit.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2022
  • Bailey sat in the back of a squad car for two hours before he was transported to the Clayton jail.
    — Jillian Price, ajc, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The deputy's squad car, which was missing, was located a short time later near the scene, the release said.
    — Raja Razek, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Jarrett continued to yell and approached the squad car again.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Grier screamed, cried, made several threats to kill herself and refused to get in the squad car, the video showed.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Noonan swerved the squad car onto the curb, unclipped her seat belt, and jumped out onto the pavement.
    — Colin Barrett, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Two separate videos taken from the squad car dash cam show what went down.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The squad car was unoccupied and parked along La Grange Road, while the officer was on a call.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
  • The footage also shows police put Thorne in the backseat of a squad car with the door open after handcuffing him.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Ramos told authorities that Palmer, who was in the driver’s seat of the squad car, reached back and stunned him in the abdomen for 15 to 20 seconds.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2021

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