0 a police officer who regularly walks or drives around an area in order to prevent or deal with crime --
Each section had a lockman and/or a patrolman.
One light remained lit, and then the patrolman saw an arm clothed in a blue suit reach out and claw at the switch.
The lowest rank in a police organization would be officer, deputy, patrolman, trooper, and historically, private, depending on the particular organization.
The three observers seem to be stable, reliable persons, especially the two patrolmen.
Byrnes rose in the ranks, first as a patrolman, then becoming a sergeant in 1869 and a captain in 1870.
During their first tour, the pair found that nine out of ten patrolmen were missing.
After returning to his car the patrolman called another patrolman and ordered him to bring a dog to sniff the car for drugs.
The system was flawed in that patrolmen could not answer back.
