Paying off an ordinary policeman seems to have been something Coulson accepted or condoned; were ministers out of bounds?
It might be the authorities who give you permission but when it comes to the bit it's the ordinary policeman who's getting shot.
Understood in this sense professionalization contests what ordinary policemen and women see as long-established, wellgrounded, practical experience.
The duties of the ordinary policeman, who was known as a constable, were arduous, at least in Colombo.
A policeman will probably come, yes; just an ordinary policeman.
After the last guards left, two ordinary policemen strolled in front of the red-granite monument.
In the US, more than 1000 ordinary policemen have learned how to hypnotise witnesses.
If he were stopped at this time, he could probably deceive an ordinary policeman.
Emergency Unit comprises the ordinary uniformed policemen.
Lord Desborough was therefore quite sympathetic to the plight of the ordinary policeman regarding pay, and consequently recommended comparatively generous increases.