1. Chapter Seven Patrol: The Backbone of Policing
Police in America
Chapter Seven
Patrol: The Backbone of Policing

2. Patrol: The Backbone of Policing
Function of Patrol
Crime prevention
Maintain feelings of public safety
Available for service
Organization and Delivery of Patrol
Number of Officers
Distribution of Officers
Assignments
Location – Hot Spots

3. Types of Patrol Patrol One officer/two officer cars Foot Auto
Motorcycle
Bicycle
One officer/two officer cars

4. The Communications Center
Modern Communications Technology
Information Processing
Prioritizing Calls
Operators
Dispatchers
911 Systems

5. 911 System Only ½ of all calls to 911 result in a dispatch
Operators ask questions of callers
Operators assess situation
Operators decide how many and which officers to dispatch
Patrol officers responding to calls experience great uncertainty

6. Police Research Historical Context Calls for Service
Systematic Study of Police Patrol
Response Time

7. Effectiveness of Patrol
Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment
Controversial results
Challenged traditional assumptions about patrol
Newark Foot Patrol Experiment
Crime
Citizen attitudes
Improving Patrol
Differential Response to calls
Telephone Reporting Units
311 Nonemergency Numbers
Non-English 911 Call Services
Reverse 911
Computers and Video Cameras
Police Aids or Cadets
Directed Patrol