Sentence examples for engaging police from inspiring English sources
That a small group of about a half-dozen attackers was able to penetrate the quarter — engaging police officers in a firefight to get the bomb-laden vehicle through the compound's outer gate — was telling.
Also last year, a Westport man disrupted a wedding reception he was attending in town when he punched several guests and fled in his car, engaging police in a brief chase.
* 14 January, 2016: Attackers set off bombs at a Starbucks cafe in central Jakarta and engage police in gunbattles.
Demonstrators engaged police – mounted and on foot – in a protracted battle throwing stones, firecrackers, and smoke bombs.
This is the dangerous matrix that alarmed ministers: men who like raping women target those who won't engage police attention or confidence.
"The plan was to engage police in explosions and then aim at the headquarters, but the police were alert," he said, adding that there were six vehicles prepared to explode but that only three did.
Updated, 5 55 p.m. | A family was torn apart by violence early Tuesday morning as a son turned a gun on his own mother, killed his 13-year-old half-sister, and engaged police in a lengthy predawn shootout in Washington Heights, the police said.
Wednesday, 2 08 p.m. | Updated A family was torn apart by violence early on Tuesday morning when a man turned a gun on his mother after killing his 13-year-old half-sister, then engaged police in a lengthy predawn shootout in Washington Heights, the police said.
Muslim youths engaged police in running battles all day, killing one officer by slitting his throat.
Most fear they will be re-victimized by the system if they engage police -- or go beyond a police report to an actual criminal case -- so a quiet investigation seems a welcome alternative.
His brothers, 21-year-old Malik Ford and 18-year-old Elijah Ford, told detectives after the shooting that the three had discussed Michael Ford's plan to engage police in a shootout, according to criminal complaints made public on Wednesday.
