MIDTERM Flashcards
The patrol force shall accomplish the primary responsibility of safeguarding the community through the protection of persons and property, the preservation of the peace, the prevention of crime.
Patrol
TWO or more police officer making round in order to GUARD OR INSPECT PROPERTY and TO PROTECT LIVES WITHIN DESIGNATED AREA
Police patrol
it includes crime suppression
Crime prevention
covers investigation of crimes
Crime solution
covers direction and control, traffic accident investigation
Traffic Management
it is the most expensive type of patrol in terms of human resources and most departments had reduced their foot patrols to a minimum because of this.
Foot patrol
Refers to the specific are where police officers are assigned
Post
Is the territory that a police officer is assigned to patrol
Beat
usually used for traffic, surveillance, parades and special events.
Fixed Foot Patrol
used where there is considerable foot movement such as business and shopping center, family dwellings and the like.
Moving foot patrol
used in securing certain portion of the road.
Line beat patrol
used in checking residential buildings, business establishments, dark alley, parking lots.
Random foot patrol
The officer walks from one beat to another making sure that he stays on the left side and at the center or middle portion of any street between adjoining beats. For every beat, the officer calls the station until the clockwise pattern is completed. ideal for rectangular of square beat. Usually conducted during the first hour of duty.
Clockwise patrol pattern
The reverse of clockwise pattern with the same characteristic of an area to be patrolled. Usually done during the last hour of the tour of duty to ensure that nothing unusual happened in the AOR.
Counter clockwise patrol pattern
It starts at one corner of the patrol area and works your way diagonally across it to the opposite Corner
Zigzag or Free Wheeling Pattern
It is considered as Hazard Oriented Patrol.
Straightway and Criss-cross Patrol Pattern
almost similar to zigzag. “In any patrol pattern, the relieving patrol officer shall make his first hourly call before starting his
patrol duty.”
Criss-cross Patrol Pattern
highway intersection designed to route traffic without interference, by means of a system of curving ramps from one level to another, in the form of a 4-leaf clover.
Cloverleaf
is the most economical type of patrol and offers tactical ability when used in numbers.
Automobile patrol
two-wheeled motorcycle is quite adaptable to traffic enforcement, parades, escort duty and congested areas because of its high mobility.
Motorcycle patrol
considered as the simple and inexpensive means of silent transportation in patrol operation.
Bicycle patrol
Next to walking patrol, the horse patrol is second; one of the oldest types of patrol.
Horse patrol
this is specialized type of patrol which is used in large bodies of water for the purpose of controlling smuggling
Marine or boat patrol