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Definition of Desk sergeant
1. Noun. The police sergeant on duty in a police station.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desk Sergeant
Literary usage of Desk sergeant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Police Administration: A Critical Study of Police Organisations in the by Leonhard Felix Fuld (1909)
"The desk sergeant performs four distinct classes of duties,—clerical duties, ...
The clerical duties of the desk sergeant require him to keep the ..."
2. History of the Chicago Police from the Settlement of the Community to the by John Joseph Flinn, John Elbert Wilkie (1887)
"LOUIS KAISER, desk sergeant; born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, 1843; came to Chicago
1871 ; entered the force March, 1874; served as desk sergeant at Larrabee ..."
3. Report on a Survey of the City Government of Indianapolis, Indiana: Prepared by Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce (1917)
"Should all of the vehicles be out of the barn at one time the desk sergeant on
the telephone board, by maintaining a simple record of the departure of the ..."
4. Statistical Report by New York (N.Y.). Police Dept (1906)
"Whereas formerly it was the custom to report arrests, accidents, etc., by the
desk Sergeant writing the same on the back of the precinct morning returns, ..."
5. The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898 by Frank Norris (1996)
"You say your little say over again to this desk sergeant, and he asks you ...
Then the desk sergeant asks you to come along with him, and takes you and your ..."
6. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"The desk sergeant bent down and cut my straps, then helped me to my feet. "
'You're not going to give me any trouble, are you?' he said, as he led me around ..."
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