squadrol

n. a police vehicle that serves the purposes of both a patrol wagon and squad car. Subjects: English, Automobiles & Transportation, Police

Etymological Note: squad + patrol

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Citations: 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune (Feb. 14) “Mail Truck Damages New Police Car; Driver Held” p. A7: A mail truck driver…was arrested after his truck struck a Deering police station “squadrol,” a new combination squad car and patrol wagon, in service a week. The squadrol was damaged. 1952 Pat Englehart Daily Herald (Chicago, Illinois) (June 27) “Reporter ‘Taken for a Ride’” p. 13: On a recent eight-hour shift, we rode the squadrol with Deputies Joe Lewis and Frank Matz. 1958 South Bend Tribune (Ind.) (Mar. 9) “Dick Tracy” (in comic) p. 14: We’ll need an ambulance—and a squadrol. 1972 Tom Hall Chicago Tribune (Mar. 12) “Vice in Chicago” p. G43A: As the squadrol was coming to take the prisoners downtown…Sgt. Williams abruptly called for quiet.…The squadrol arrived with its crew of two mildly curioous uniformed policemen. 2005 Chicago Sun-Times (Apr. 19) “Metro Briefs: Man shot, killed by police” p. 66: A man who led police on a chase through Chicago’s Southwest Side Monday night died after hitting several parked cars, even striking a police squadrol and pointing a gun at officers.

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Cite on squadrol from 1968:

http://www.law.umkc.ed u/faculty/projects/FTrial s/Chicago7/riggio.html

and at this time the squadrol had pulled up into the crowd.

As we began to walk Mr. Hayden and Mr. Lowenthal into the squadrol,

I got into the squadrol along with the

I went back to my partner and Mr. Hayden, and we took Mr. Hayden to a squadrol and placed him in a squadrol.

MR. KUNSTLER: Did they offer any resistance at any time from the time you walked up to them and said, you are under arrest, and the time you took them and put them in the squadrol?

Cheers,

JFC

by JFC 19 Mar 07, 0835 GMT