police reporter

noun

1. a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.

Word History and Origins

Origin of police reporter¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

I spent years working Thanksgiving as a police reporter before I got the day off — I understand how lonely it can feel.

From Washington Post

Caroline Sweeney, the police reporter for the Pottstown Mercury, updates the page at least once a week.

From The Daily Beast

I could feel everything to be just as it was—my experience as a police-reporter gave verisimilitude to the least detail.

From Project Gutenberg

Or, according to the police reporter, be either coward or stoic.

From Project Gutenberg

His berth as police-reporter meant a constantly active and unsettled existence.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Bennett now ventured to engage a cheap police reporter, which gave him more time to attend to other duties.

From Project Gutenberg

He was discoursing on some phase of life; and an old night police reporter listened for a moment and said, "Rats!"

From Project Gutenberg