on the beat

Frequency: 6.05.0 per million words

Refers to a police officer actively patrolling their assigned area.

beatNOUN (of a police officer): PREPOSITION + beat

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Examples (10)

  • Community policing relies on having more officers on the beat.
  • A rookie cop learns the most when they are on the beat.
  • For twenty years, my father was a policeman on the beat in Chicago.
  • How many officers do we currently have on the beat in this neighborhood?
  • The local shopkeepers feel safer seeing a familiar face on the beat every day.
  • Working on the beat during a snowstorm is particularly challenging.
  • The new policy will put more constables on the beat to deter crime.
  • You get to know the community very well when you're on the beat.
  • Due to budget cuts, there are fewer police on the beat than there used to be.
  • The mayor promised that residents would see more police on the beat, interacting with the public.