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Recent Examples of sergeant
In December, Hochul ordered the state Department of Corrections to begin the process of firing 14 corrections officers, sergeants and a nurse at Marcy.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Police said a sergeant responded to the area and found that the owl was likely hit by a car.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
Matt Jacobsen, a sergeant with the department’s major crimes init, told KPTV that investigators learned that several crimes that occurred in the area in the 48 hours after the shooting were all related, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The inmate was captured on a security camera entering a sergeant’s office in Lowell’s annex.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Police said a sergeant responded to the area and found that the owl was likely hit by a car.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
Matt Jacobsen, a sergeant with the department’s major crimes init, told KPTV that investigators learned that several crimes that occurred in the area in the 48 hours after the shooting were all related, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The inmate was captured on a security camera entering a sergeant’s office in Lowell’s annex.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sergeant. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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