Patrol techniques and strategies.
The textbook discusses several types of patrol techniques and strategies. These are listed below. Review each type carefully in the textbook. You will choose two types of patrolling strategies that you feel would be best suited for your community. Define the two types you chose, and explain why that type of patrolling would be effective in your local area.
· Random patrol
· Extra patrol
· Directed patrol
· Aggressive patrol
· Hot spot patrol
Sample Solution
Random patrol is a type of patrolling strategy that involves officers randomly appearing in communities to check for suspicious activity. This can be used to deter crime, since criminals may not know when police will appear and so are less likely to commit crimes as a result. Random patroling also allows officers to observe the community and
identify patterns or areas where more attention is needed. The presence of police can also help build public trust because people can see that law enforcement is actively working to keep their community safe.
Extra patrol involves deploying additional resources in specific areas or at certain times which are proven high-crime locations or periods of increased criminal behavior. Extra patrols allow an agency to address needs while still utilizing its limited resources efficiently; by having extra patrols on hand, it ensures that there is someone available should an emergency situation arise in those specific locations or timesframes. It also serves as a visual deterrent for potential offenders since they know that there are extra officers on duty monitoring the area.
I believe random patrol and extra patrol would be effective strategies for my local area because both techniques involve proactive approaches rather than reactive ones – whereas with aggressive patrolling, police only react after something has happened, these two strategies focus on preventing crime from occurring in the first place by providing visible deterrence through frequent monitoring and occasional surprise visits from officers. Furthermore, both techniques allow law enforcement agencies to make efficient use of their limited resources; instead of simply responding after a crime has occurred, they can proactively deploy resources into problem areas ahead of time so that they’re better prepared when (not if) something happens.