Guardian Angels

British  

plural noun

1. vigilante volunteers who patrol the underground railway in New York, London, and elsewhere, wearing red berets, to deter violent crime

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Example Sentences

One of Goetz’s defense attorneys, Mark Baker, observed that the Goetz saga was good for everyone but Goetz and the four teens: “self-defense advocates, the NRA, Al Sharpton, Rudy Giuliani, New York’s newspapers, the Guardian Angels”—even Mr. Baker himself, who won a 1987 Isuzu Trooper in a bet with co-counsel Barry Slotnick over their defense strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal

He waded through the crowd in a knot of security guys, several wearing the iconic red berets of Sliwa’s vigilante organization, the Guardian Angels.

From Slate

Sliwa -- once a night manager of a McDonald's restaurant in New York -- made his name with the Guardian Angels subway patrol group, which still sees him routinely sport a red beret.

From Barron's

Sliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels, a crime-fighting organization.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the founder of the Guardian Angels, a New York City organization devoted to crime prevention, he seized the opportunity to connect with voters.

From BBC