beat cop

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

beat cop (plural beat cops)

1. (US, slang) A police officer who patrols the streets on foot (walks the beat).
   • 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:

     Others understand community policing as a style of community integration in which the beat cop specifically withholds enforcement as a way to build community contacts.

Synonyms

• beatsman