How to Use police station in a Sentence

police station

noun
  • They brought him down to the police station for questioning.
  • Time to take a break on a bench outside the police station.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Kip and the friend were both taken to the police station, and Kip’s father had to pick him up.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The mothers of the 4- and 7-year-old were at the police station as the 26- year-old came forward Tuesday.
    Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The woman’s husband told Cross to drive to a police station and put down the knife.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • As some used a tractor to pull the boat above the tide line, others brought the men to the local police station.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The car still looked undrivable, but the clerk at the police station signed off on it.
    Veronica Chater, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2022
  • The new police station has been a long time coming as well.
    Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2022
  • Goyo then allegedly used a 3-inch knife to stab the man in the thigh after chasing him to the front of the police station.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • She was taken to the police station to give a statement.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Lana had the address of a police station, the location of the crash site, and nothing else.
    Philip Kiefer, Outside Online, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The attack took place near the Shalem police station, which is located near Herod's Gate to the old city of Jerusalem.
    NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • After shopping, the children were brought back to the police station to wrap the gifts, and have pizza and treats.
    Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The suspect turned himself in at a police station in Brooklyn, the sources said.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Lee and the cashier were taken to the police station for questioning.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The group was then taken to the police station and booked on various charges.
    Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2022
  • In Rennes, demonstrators briefly set fire to the entrance to a police station.
    Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • O'Lare noted that the grocery store is just steps away from a police station.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Merdy was taken to the police station to be questioned.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Gray said Boswell stopped following Stevens and went to the police station.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The officer spent hours with the teens inside a holding cell at the Palmer police station.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The news set off a mob of more than 150 White men, who used a battering ram to break through the police station where he had been jailed.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The protest and confrontation erupted the evening of Aug. 9 outside the police station.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Mata wondered how much the other woman knew and asked her to come to the police station to talk.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • He was checked by the fire department and taken to a police station.
    Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The wallet was found across from the police station and contained a student ID and a debit card.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Just days after Hylton-Brown's death, a crowd rushed the doors of the 4th District police station and threw a trash can through the window.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Moore also said the boy was held in a cell at the police station sometime between 45 minutes and an hour.
    Chris Youd, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The parcel is being broken into two pieces, with Cooper's Hawk taking the front portion of the property and the police station behind it.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
  • As part of this unprecedented offensive, gangs assaulted and burned dozens of police stations, the capital’s main seaports, and its airport, which closed for nearly three months.
    Renata Segura, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2024

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