police blotter
(US) A newspaper column publishing highlights therefrom.
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(US) A newspaper column publishing highlights therefrom.
"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 co…
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(US) A register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
We read about his DUI in the police blotter.
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