NCJ Number
17798
Date Published
1975
Length
560 pages
Annotation
A TEXTBOOK WHICH DEALS WITH SUCH PATROL FACTORS AS TECHNIQUES, PATROL PLANNING, ORGANIZATION FOR PATROL, PATROL REPORTING, CRIME PREVENTION, MANPOWER DISTRIBUTION AND TEAM POLICING.
Abstract
AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON POLICE PATROL IS FIRST PROVIDED. SEVERAL PATROL TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING FOOT PATROL, HAZARD FACTORS, INCONSPICUOUS PATROLLING, MOTORIZED PATROL, CANINE PATROL, AND HELICOPTOR PATROL ARE REVIEWED. LEADERSHIP AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. REPORTING SYSTEMS, COORDINATED ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL, DISTRICT OR PRECINCT RECORDS, UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS, AND THE COMPUTER AND PATROL ARE ALL DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO PATROL REPORTING. OTHER AREAS CONSIDERED INCLUDE COMMAND AND CONTROL, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, WEAPONS IN PATROL, AND CHANGE AND THE PATROL ADMINISTRATOR.