WordNet
n. a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
Wikipedia
Police precinct is a form of division of a geographical area patrolled by a police force. Sometimes, a precinct can also be a large Police station.
Police forces using this format include:
- New York City Police Department
- Boston Police Department
- Portland Police Bureau
- Seattle Police Department
- Buffalo Police Department
- Detroit Police Department
- Chicago Police Department
Usage examples of "police precinct".
It had a vee-shape, Albemarle had said to him over and over during the interrogation at the police precinct.
He sat in cross-legged Indian fashion, his elbows resting on his knees, the binoculars trained on the police precinct across the street.
He knew it would sound at the nearest police precinct should anyone tamper with the door.
Starting at eight tomorrow morning, when the shifts change, there will be people marching outside every police precinct in this city!
I picked it because there's a police precinct house around the corner.
Elder Jones, at Sweet Prophet's direction, dashed to the nearest drugstore and telephoned the police precinct station for an ambulance.
Protests poured into the police precinct station house demanding protection against this vandalism.
A little lunatic called Nicky, whom I threw out for bugging my girls and upsetting my clients, ran down to the local police precinct and filed a complaint.