I think there is a shift at “...assured him”. From reading the beginning, you would think the person is under arrest, “stay where you are”. But, the sentence goes on to say that the police officer ‘assured’ him that. He could’ve been in danger, so the officer was telling him that help was on the way, just stay put.
It’s common stock
Common stock is an asset that gives ownership to shareholders of an organization but it does not give the holders priority in the ownership of the company. If the organization files bankruptcy, common stockholders are paid after, preferred stockholders, bondholders, and debtholders, making the security to be riskier. Besides, stocks are more volatile assets since they tend to react fast to the movements of the overall market.
A before the climax move the story forward
Answer:
A group of words with a subject and verb that does not express a complete thought is called a: DEPENDENT CLAUSE.