station_keeper has definitions from the field of law
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[ noun ] (law) the police sergeant on duty in a police station

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

`` He let a patrolman take_over the duties of the station_keeper .

He sucked_in his breath and kept quiet while Killpath laid down the sheet again , wound the gold wire stems of his glasses around his ears and_then , eying the report as it lay before him on the desk , intoned , `` Acting_Lieutenant_Gunnar_Matson one failed to see that the station_keeper was properly relieved two absented himself throughout the entire watch without checking on the station 's activities or the whereabouts of his section sergeants three permitted members of the Homicide_Detail of the Inspector's_Bureau to arrogate for their own convenience a patrolman who was thereby prevented from carrying_on his proper assignment four failed to notify the station commander Acting_Captain_O._T._Killpath of a homicide occurring in the district five frequented extralegal establishments known_as after-hours spots for purposes of an unofficial and purportedly social nature and six '' - he leaned_back and peeled_off his glasses `` - failed to co-operate with the Acting_Captain by returning promptly when so ordered .

Now , as he passed the open counter that divided the assembly room from the business office , he nodded and said good_night to the station_keeper and his clerks , not stopping to hear the day-watch playback of his chewing_out .

Related terms

police_sergeant

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