Identify patrol methods.
Identification should include the
- definition of preventive patrol
- definition of targeted patrol
- basic assumptions behind police patrol (e.g., visibility of police, quick response to calls, increased public cooperation with familiar police personnel)
- advantages and disadvantages of various patrol methods
- factors that influence how patrol is structured (e.g., staffing, geography, calls for service, citizen input)
- the effectiveness of one-officer vs. two-officer patrol
- methods of patrol (e.g., foot, car, bicycle, motorcycle)
- applications of new technologies used by patrol (e.g., flock system, Fusus, crime mapping, predictive policing).
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does preventive patrol deter crime?
- What are the challenges posed by new technologies used in patrol?
- What is the desired effect of targeted patrol?