police reporter

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of police reporter

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune.

From Los Angeles Times

Michael Connelly, a former Los Angeles Times police reporter who became an author of acclaimed crime novels, said he came to think of Wambaugh as a mentor 25 years before actually meeting him and becoming his friend.

From Los Angeles Times

He was previously a U.K. correspondent in London and a police reporter in New York.

From New York Times

Schieffer, was a 26-year-old police reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

Anne E. Schwartz, a former police reporter who was on the scene the night Dahmer was arrested and later wrote a book about the case, faulted the writers for projecting themes that are far more salient today onto events that happened more than 30 years ago.

From New York Times