police blotter
police blotter noun: a register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
Noun
police blotter (plural police blotters)
- A register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
- A newspaper column publishing highlights therefrom.
- We read about his DUI in the police blotter.
- "If you talk to any of our readers, they'll have a favorite entry in the police blotter," says Nick Ehli, who has been at the newspaper 14 years, seven as managing editor. Everyone who works at the Daily Chronicle has done their shift composing the police blotter at one time or another, since it's...2014 June 18, Jaime Fuller, “All crimes are local: America’s police blotters, indexed. The Fix column.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 27 Apr 2021
Forms of police blotter
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Questions about police blotter
- What does police blotter mean?
- Police blotter means a register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
- What part of speech is police blotter?
- Police blotter is a noun.
- What is the plural of police blotter?
- The plural of police blotter is police blotters.
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