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Definition of Police squad

1. Noun. A small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Squad

Literary usage of Police squad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by New York (N.Y.). Tenement House Dept (1916)
"police squad in Department Since June 7. Summonses served Arrests made " S cards " (1006) and Reinspections reported on Personal Service Diagrams made for ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"There are harbour police, a police steamboat and steam-boiler inspection squad to enforce the statute law on the subject, an "ordinance police squad" to ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... squad to enforce the statute law on the subject, an " ordinance police squad " to enforce ordinances of the corporation, and a " property office. ..."

4. War Talks in Kansas by Commandery of the State of Kansas (1906)
"An officer was detailed each morning as officer of the day, and he in turn would detail a police squad to police the camp. You are not to understand, ..."

5. Civic Bibliography for Greater New York by New York Research Council, Howard Brown Woolston, Roger Howson, Catharine S. Tracey (1911)
"1895. Harrington, John Walker. Broadway's grenadiers. Munsey, 22 :43-7. 1899. The Broadway police squad. Hopkins, George G. Vice and the police. ..."

6. The Social Evil in Chicago: A Study of Existing Conditions with by Chicago (Ill.). Vice Commission (1911)
"VA special morals police squad should form a part of the police farce of the city. VI. We recommend that women officers be added to the police force, ..."

7. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt (1913)
"... officer of each police precinct in New York, not to be opened until just before the morning roll call, previous to the police squad going on duty. ..."

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