Tabloidish:- Police spokesperson - a person authorized to speak to the media who spoke on the record. May or may not be specifically identified.
- Police sources - a person or persons who are (usually) authorized to speak to the media who spoke off the record.
- Authority - a person or persons who are (usually) authorized to speak to the media who spoke off the record.
- Cops or Police - a person or persons not authorized to speak to the media who spoke off the record. Often “interviewed” on-site, such as at the Nakatomi Plaza where something is going on.
- Sources - reporters working for our competition wrote or said.
- People are saying - mythical beings mumbled.
FWIW, NY Post reports that "authorities said" that the doctor was travelling east, fell and collided with the oncoming school bus heading west.
ABC reports that "authorities said" the doctor hit a curb and fell into the road.
-mr. bill