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• n  absorbent paper used to dry ink
• n  the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

• Rumors persist that legal acronyms spawned the obscenity in question ("Fornication Under Consent of the King" or the Irish police-blotter inscription "booked For Unlawful Carnal .
• The ranks of recent years' rich lists read like a police blotter.
• It's rarely a shock when a star's personal demons rear up in the form of a police blotter.

• blotting paper
• day book
• police blotter
• rap sheet
• charge sheet

News & Articles

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• Police blotter: Campers clash over missing campsite
  Editor’s note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals named are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
  June 18, 2013 - Summit Daily News
• Police Blotter: June 18
  June 18, 2013 Police Blotter and Courts Report
  June 18, 2013 - The Daily News
• BIZARRE BLOTTER: Woman allegedly throws firewood at her ex-boyfriend, and other bizarre crimes
  Police say a Connecticut woman got creative in picking a weapon at a pizza parlor. A naked guy wasn't deterred by a dude with a gun and punched him in the face. Those and other bizarre crimes in this edition of the bizarre blotter.
  June 18, 2013 - The News-Herald

Quotes

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• Jerry Reese in Allentown Morning Call
  You can't absolutely kill a guy because he went out after a party and had a beer,Reese said, "but if a guy's got a [long police blotter of incidents], a list of character flaws, you have to take that stuff into consideration."
• Mike Bouchard in Royal Oak Daily Tribune
  As offenders get smarter, so must we, and 'Police Blotter On Demand' helps us use the latest technology to stay ahead of the curve,Bouchard said.