POLICE PATROL

OPERATION

Submitted by:
Arnold C. Bangug
John Paul Cabalonga
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Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
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Patrol officers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1
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Patrol is the backbone of the police department because of the following reasons ---- 1
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Goals and objectives ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
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Factors affecting patrol operations ----------------------------------------------------------- 3
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The police exercise of discretion ------------------------------------------------------------- 5
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Several factors can be attributed for the lack of full, strict, or total law enforcement - 5
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Main problems arising from uncontrolled discretion -------------------------------------- 5
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Occupation hazards ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
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Patrol activities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
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Organization and staffing of the patrol functions ------------------------------------------- 12
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Determination of patrol force ----------------------------------------------------------------- 14
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Patrol force staffing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
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Scheduling --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
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Types of patrol ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16
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One man versus the two man automobile patrol -------------------------------------------- 21
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Patrol tactics, strategies and activities ------------------------------------------------------- 28
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Types of police patrol: preventive, proactive and reactive -------------------------------- 29
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The psychology of omnipresence: patrol strategy in crime prevention ------------------ 30
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Mobile patrolling: concept of operation ----------------------------------------------------- 31
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High and low visibility patrol ----------------------------------------------------------------- 32
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Directed deterrent patrol ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
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Split force patrol -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
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Decoy patrol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33
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Stop and frisk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34
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Aggressive patrol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34
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Patrol tactics, strategies and activities ------------------------------------------------------- 35
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