No. 15,125 in Russian
полицейскому
"Полицейскому" means "to the policeman" in English.
In a sentence
Я передал документы полицейскому.
I handed the documents to the policeman.
Dative case is used here, indicating the indirect object receiving the action.
Мы доверяем полицейскому в этом деле.
We trust the policeman in this matter.
Dative case is used again to show who is being trusted in the context of the verb 'доверять'.
Полицейскому необходимо было немедленно действовать.
It was necessary for the policeman to act immediately.
The dative case is used to indicate the recipient of the necessity inferred by the action described.
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