Routine Preventive Patrol
Routine Preventive Patrol
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As part of a standard security policy, as suggested by the Kansas City patrol study,
Preventive patrol is a beautiful concept with good aims. Still, in my experience, it has never lived
up to expectations. It is said in the book that after the fifth "reactive" beat, the regular
preventative patrol ceased. The normal flow of police business was maintained in such five
"control" beats. On two out of five "proactive" moments, the frequency of patrols was raised by a
ratio of two to three (Bopp & Folley, 1974). The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the
sheer presence of police in marked cars deters criminal behavior. The findings of this study
suggest that routine patrols by marked police cars had little effect on crime. There is no threat to
the government's sense of security. As the trial revealed, urban police agencies may safely
Routine preventative patrol differs from traditional patrol in various ways. Conventional
patrol minimized crime, maximized coverage and reacted quickly. Patrol traditionally
categorized calls by severity. The standard preventative patrol technique consisted of three key
elements. Crime prevention is the priority. This reduced commercial property, car, auto
component thefts, robberies, and vandalism. Preventative patrols are also necessary (Bopp &
Folley, 1974). The preventive patrol may be replaced by safer, more effective crime control
tactics. Police deployment may focus on crime prevention and service provision rather than
preventative patrol, according to the results. Management and experiment monitoring are the
final crucial factors. Locals didn't notice patrol frequency changes. However, increasing or
decreasing police patrol had no significant effect on residential and commercial burglaries, car
thefts, larcenies using auto components, robberies, or vandalism, usually prevented by a random,
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high-visibility police patrol. Frequent preventive patrol yielded several policy-altering outcomes.
These results questioned regular patrol. Crime reduction and increase were unrelated to patrols.
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References
Bopp, W. J., & Folley, V. L. (1974). Police personnel administration: The management of human