police station
police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
Origin of police station
1- Also called station house.
Words Nearby police station
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How to use police station in a sentence
He flew back to Chicago on Thursday to get his instrument back and played “Over the Rainbow” at the police station to say thank you.
‘FLUTE EMERGENCY’: A musician forgot his $22,000 instrument on a Chicago train. A homeless man found it. | Andrea Salcedo | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostOn the day that Huser’s body was recovered, the same police station published another press release that a 51-year-old hiker had slipped on frozen grass in nearby Zermatt and fallen to her death.
Trail Runner Andrea Huser Dies After Fall in the Alps | Martin Fritz Huber | December 3, 2020 | Outside OnlineLater, at a police station, he had trouble walking, and his mother had to carry him to the bathroom.
After mother, partner are charged in toddler’s death, D.C. police say siblings were also abused | Peter Hermann | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostIt was unclear if those causing the damage, which business leaders described as attempted looting, had any link to those demonstrating at the police station.
D.C. police and businesses prepare for possible Election Day unrest | Peter Hermann, Emily Davies | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostOn Thursday evening, as it rained, a group of about 75 people gathered outside the police station.
Police video shows fatal crash as D.C. officers attempt to stop moped driver | Peter Hermann, Justin Jouvenal, Julie Zauzmer | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
According to Kostick, while awaiting a van to transport Stewart to the nearest police station, his mood changed.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust recently, a march on the Ferguson police station ended with protestors quickly arrested for impeding traffic.
I have been taken to the police station twice because people in the community say I have been circulating the virus.
This Man Lost 35 Relatives to Ebola and His Community Wants Him Gone | Wade C.L. Williams | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey grabbed me in front of a hotel, threw me into a car, drove me over to the police station, tied me, and beat me up.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin | Marlow Stern | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOfficials said assailants stole vehicles and weapons from the police station and that two policemen were among the dead.
Militants ‘Executed Non-Muslims’ at Kenyan World Cup Watch Party | Margot Kiser | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the oldest houses here was destroyed some years back, and on its site stands a new police-station.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperWe went to the police station, and Armand handed in the permission signed by Marguerite's sister.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsIf you have any questions to ask Miss Rillette, maybe you better call the police station.
A few hours later this girl called at the Petone police station.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.The police officers then asked if Michael would also accompany us to the police station and he said he would.
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British Dictionary definitions for police station
the office or headquarters of the police force of a district
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