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  • At the heart of the show is the patrol-car pair of Officers John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) and Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie).

    Turned On by TV Again Nancy deWolf Smith 2010

  • Southland's third season kicks off Tuesday, with a superb returning cast that includes the patrol-car pair of John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz), a tough, by-the-book veteran cop suffering from a bad back and a prescription-drug addiction, and Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie), a handsome rookie from a wealthy family who's finding his way but increasingly concerned about his partner's drug dependency.

    The One That Got Away Michael Judge 2010

  • There was a millicent patrol-car waiting outside, and this veck they called Rex was the driver.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • But when no one picked up Buddy from the pound after three days, the holding period stipulated by the city, the police-cum-dog catchers gassed him with the patrol-car exhaust.

    For Town Cops, It Ana Campoy 2010

  • They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • Others, like installation of patrol-car video cameras to monitor interactions with civilians, will need funding from a city council that has long been cowed by the imperious Gates.

    Damned--But Defiant 2008

  • They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • They looked at each other over the patrol-car roof.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • While the plot points swell (the bullets that killed the girl are traced to the same gun that was used by her boyfriend's father in a robbery back in the 1980's that landed Jimmy in jail, and even tangential children become suspects), the clouded relationships intensify between Sean and his patrol-car partner (Laurence Fishburne); Dave's wife (Marcia Gay Harden) and Jimmy's wife (Laura Linney), who are cousins; and Dave and everyone else.

    Mystic River Drifts Into Dark And Deep Waters 2003

  • Heard, after the solid thunk of the patrol-car door closing, the click of a hammer being pulled back.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

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