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Routine Preventive Patrol

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Routine Preventive Patrol

As part of a standard security policy, as suggested by the Kansas City patrol study,

Preventive patrol is a beautiful concept with good aims. Still, in my experience, it has never lived

up to expectations. It is said in the book that after the fifth "reactive" beat, the regular

preventative patrol ceased. The normal flow of police business was maintained in such five

"control" beats. On two out of five "proactive" moments, the frequency of patrols was raised by a

ratio of two to three (Bopp & Folley, 1974). The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the

sheer presence of police in marked cars deters criminal behavior. The findings of this study

suggest that routine patrols by marked police cars had little effect on crime. There is no threat to

the government's sense of security. As the trial revealed, urban police agencies may safely

experiment with various patrol deployment strategies and resource allocations.

Routine preventative patrol differs from traditional patrol in various ways. Conventional

patrol minimized crime, maximized coverage and reacted quickly. Patrol traditionally

categorized calls by severity. The standard preventative patrol technique consisted of three key

elements. Crime prevention is the priority. This reduced commercial property, car, auto

component thefts, robberies, and vandalism. Preventative patrols are also necessary (Bopp &

Folley, 1974). The preventive patrol may be replaced by safer, more effective crime control

tactics. Police deployment may focus on crime prevention and service provision rather than

preventative patrol, according to the results. Management and experiment monitoring are the

final crucial factors. Locals didn't notice patrol frequency changes. However, increasing or

decreasing police patrol had no significant effect on residential and commercial burglaries, car

thefts, larcenies using auto components, robberies, or vandalism, usually prevented by a random,
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high-visibility police patrol. Frequent preventive patrol yielded several policy-altering outcomes.

These results questioned regular patrol. Crime reduction and increase were unrelated to patrols.
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References

Bopp, W. J., & Folley, V. L. (1974). Police personnel administration: The management of human

resources. Holbrook Press.