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The phrase "a patrolman" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a police officer who patrols a specific area, typically for the purpose of maintaining order and ensuring public safety.
Example: "The patrolman stopped to ask if anyone had seen the missing child."
Alternatives: "a police officer" or "a law enforcement officer".
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And then you get molested by a patrolman.
The bride's father retired as a patrolman from the Wrentham Police Department.
The dogs located two prowlers (a patrolman in disguise) and a smudge fire.
He retired in 1995 as a patrolman with the Union City Police Department, in New Jersey.
To a patrolman, he says, the job doesn't seem very powerful.
His father was a patrolman in the 77th Precinct in central Brooklyn.
Before joining the Street Crime and Narcotics Unit as a plainclothes officer, he was a patrolman.
After starting as a patrolman in Benton Harbor, Lange spent most of his career in the county sheriff's office.
The request for a transfer landed Cunningham as a patrolman at Clay Elementary School in St . Louiss Fifth District.
A patrolman was shot in the face and a lieutenant was hit in the foot; both survived.
After a hitch in the Army, he became a patrolman in Washington, D.C. — "Black neighborhood," he told me.
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