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Patrol Organization and Operation
Patrol Organization and Operation
Patrol Organization and Operation
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Patrol officers - are uniformed officers assigned to monitor specific geographical areas, that is to move throug
their areas at regular intervals looking out for any signs of problems of any kind.
History of Patrol
Sheriff - is a contraction of the term "shire-reeve" - designated a royal official responsible for keeping
peace through out a shire or county on behalf of the king.
Reeve - a senior official with local responsibilities under the crown. ex., chief magistrate of a town or
district.
Shire - traditional term for a division of land in the UK and Australia.
Jury - is a sworn body of people convened to render impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a
court or to set a penalty or judgement.
Thief taker - a private individual hired to capture criminal.
Bow street runners - London's first professional police force.
Henry Fielding - a magistrate educated at Elton college who founded the Bow street runners originally
numbered just six.
Statute of Winchester - in 1285, obliged the authorities of every town to keep a watch at the city gates
arrest all suspicious night walkers.
Sir Robert Peel - prime minister of England from Dec. 1834 to April 1835 and again From Aug.1841 t
June 1846. While home secretary, help create the modern concept of the police force leading to officers
being known as bobbies in England and peelers in Ireland.
Patrick Colquhoun - (1745 - 1820) - a Scottish merchant and a magistrate who founded the first regul
preventive police force in England, the Thames river police.
8. In the US - the first city police services were established in
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August Vollmer - first police chief of Berkeley California. He is sometimes called the father of moder
law enforcement in the US.
O.W. Wilson - studied under August Vollmer. Became Chief of Police of the Fullerton police departm
He also became chief of police of the Wichita police department. He introduced the following reforms
innovations:
Community policing - is the process by which an organized group of citizens devoted a time to crime
prevention within a neighborhood. When suspecting criminal activities, members are encourage to contact the
authorities and not to intervene.
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Beat patrol - the deployment of officers in a given community, area or locality to prevent and deter criminal
activity and to provide day to day services to the community.
Sting Operations - organized groups of detectives who deceived criminals into openly committing illegal acts
conspiring to engage in criminal activity.
Hotspots of Crime - the view that a significant portion of all police calls in cities typically radiate from a
relatively few locations.
Models of Policing
1. Neighborhood Oriented Policing - a philosophy of
police suggesting that problem solving is best done
at the neighborhood level, where issues originate
not at a far-off central headquarters.
2. Pro Active Policing - aggressive law enforcement
style in which patrol officers take the initiative
against crime instead of waiting for criminal acts to
occur.
3. Problem Oriented Policing - a style of police
management that stresses pro active problem
solving instead of reactive crime fighting.
4.Community Oriented Policing - programs designed
to bring the police and the public closer together
and create more cooperative working environment
between them.
5. Reactive Policing - the opposite of Pro Active
policing where the police wait for crime to occur.
Cynicism - the belief that most peoples actions are motivated solely by personal needs and selfishness.
Civilian Review Board - ex. PLEB - organized citizen groups that examine police misconduct.
Fleeing Felon Rule - the oldest standard relating to the use of deadly force.
Deadly Force - police killing of a suspect who resists arrest or presents a danger to an officer or the communit
Booking - the administrative record of an arrest listing the offenders name, address, physical description, date
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birth, time of arrest, offense and name of arresting officer. It also include photographing and fingerprinting of t
offender.
Line Up - placing a suspect in a group for the purpose of being viewed and identified by a witness.
Stop and Frisk - the situation in which police officers who are suspicious of an individual run their hands ligh
over the suspects outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon. Also called Inquiry
Pat Down.
Foot Patrol - police patrol that takes officer out of cars and puts them in walking beat to strengthen ties with th
community.
Excited Delirium - an overdose of adrenaline that can occur in heated confrontation with the police.
The Phantom Effect - "residual deterrence" most people believe that the police is present even when the are n
sight.
Sworn Date - the date that a sworn employee took the oath of office for their position.
Definition of Terms
1. Section - a primary subdivision of a bureau with a
department wide responsibility for providing a
specific specialized functions.
2. Unit - a subdivision of a section usually small in
size with personnel assigned to perform a
specialized activity, one or two employees
performing assigned
work.
3. Squad - a subdivision of a unit.
4. Detail - a subdivision of a squad.
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