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OPERATIONS
CHRISTOPHER P. FORAYO
The primary purpose of police patrol is
_____.
A. To reach the people for effective
community relation.
B. For the beat officer to know the people
better.
C. To eliminate opportunity for crime
commission.
D. To eliminate desire in the commission of
crime.
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In the police organization, the division that had
been regarded as the core and at the same time
the operational heart for the reason that it
performs almost all the function of police
organization is referred to as the;
A. traffic
B. investigation
C. Intelligence
D. patrol
Patrol is considered the backbone of the police
organization. Which of the following best
describe its reason?
a. Patrol is the only division which operates in
secret.
b. Patrol is the function which makes use most
of the fund of the PNP.
c. Patrol is the only division which can not be
afforded to be eliminated
d. Patrol keeps the safety of the police
department.
A French word which means to travel by foot or
to roam around.
A. Patrolle
B. Officer de Paix
C. Politia
D. Patrouiller
ETYMOLOGY OF KEY TERMS
The term “police” originated from the Greek
word politeia, which means government of a
city. When the Romans conquered the Greeks,
they changed the word slightly to politia. The
French changed the word to “police” and used
it to describe deputized people who actually
enforce the law.
Etymologically, the term patrol originated
directly or via the German word patrolle that
was derived from the French patrouiller, which
means ‘to walk through mud in a military camp’
or ‘to go through puddles’. (Microsoft®
Encarta® Reference Library 2003)
PATROL DEFINED
1. Patrol may refer to the regular tour made by a
guard in a place in order to protect it or to
maintain order.
2. Patrol could mean a person or a group (such as
a police or military unit) sent to carry out a tour of
duty in a certain place with a particular mission
either for reconnaissance purposes or simply to
provide protection.
Patrol is the backbone of the police department.
The proof to this statement is that patrol force is
the only division in the police organization that
cannot be eliminated.
Majority of officers assigned to Patrol provide
the bulk of police services
Patrol officers as “Gatekeepers” to CJS
Patrol is the formative part of an officer’s
career
Assignments based upon seniority
New officers start where? Patrol
Street experience is shared among all
officers: bonding
Patrol considered least desirable
assignment
FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES
OF PATROL
1. Preventive Enforcement – It falls under the
heading of protection and involves the
prevention of crime through the noticeable
presence of police vehicle and personnel. “An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
2. Selective Enforcement – Patrolling of areas
where the trouble is or where the trouble is
likely to occur.
3. Traffic Enforcement
4. Emergency Calls for Service –
Attending to emergencies through a
well equipped emergency police
vehicle.
5. Routine Call for Service – routine
call account for the majority of
services provided by the patrol
division. Officers therefore have to
guard against becoming callused and
indifferent to calls of this nature.
Patrol Function Categories
Crime Suppression
› The modern approach in crime control
which deals with apprehension,
investigation, trial, correction and
punishment of criminal.
Patrol as a function
Constant Movement
Prevent/deter crime
Eliminate opportunity for crime
PATROL SUPERVISION
Hands on - supervisor involved in
day to day activities
Command - supervisor shows up
at incident sites and gives orders
Counsel - supervisor available
and when requested shows up at
incident sites
Organizational Styles of Patrol by: JQ
Wilson
POLICE
DISCRETION
Problem Solving
In community policing, a four-step
process known as SARA is often used:
Scanning—identifying problems
Analysis—understanding underlying
problems
Response—developing and implementing
solutions
Assessment—determining the solutions’
effect
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF
POLICE PATROL
PHYSICAL HAZARDS
Violence – the threat of death and injury due to
violence as well as the physiological impact of
possibly having to cause death or injury to others
is a fact with which law enforcement officers must
content.
Accidents – patrol officers have about an equal
potential to lose their lives due to accidents as
due to homicide, automobile accidents,
motorcycle accidents, aircraft crashes, being
struck by vehicles, accidental shooting and others.
Contagious disease – some patrol officers are
vulnerable to any communicable diseases existing
with in the area where they are assigned
PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Emotional distress – due to hazards that are
inherent in law enforcement, all officers will, on
occasion, experience emotional distress
Mental illness – if the distress is not dealt with
appropriately, it may escalate into behavior that,
threaten the welfare of the officers and others.
Suicide – given the general nature of police work,
many police officers who feel suicidal are either
afraid or have no one to turn to in discussing their
feelings
Substance abuse – police administrators frequently
report that alcohol is a severe problem with other
officers and often report the existence of alcohol-
related problems. The use and abuse of alcohol
among police officers is apparently one way of
coping with the problems inherent in the job
SOCIAL HAZARDS
Isolation from the public – one of the difficult
aspects of policing is the sense of isolation
from the community. Perhaps this is endemic
to law enforcement given the nature of the
job.
High Visibility
Deployment Phase
report to station desk
make patrol plans and establish procedures
adopt buddy-buddy system
accomplishment of patrol sheet report
Post-Patrol (Post-deployment phase)
regrouping and formation
recall of equipment
submission of daily patrol report
inspection
dismissal
Going to places where trouble is likely to
occur is a type of enforcement known as
A. Selective enforcement
B. Reactive enforcement
C. Preventive enforcement
D. Proactive enforcement
The following are the reasons why patrol
is considered the backbone of police
organization, EXCEPT
A. It cannot be eliminated
B. Has the most personnel
C. It operates 24 hours
D. It is the make-up artist of the
organization
Increasing the citizens’ feeling of
security and safety by a high level
of police visibility is the concept of
A. preventive patrol.
B. reactive patrol.
C. omnipresence.
D. police invincibility.
Pedro is a thief who is eyeing at the
handbag of Maria. POI Santos Reyes
is standing a few meters from Maria.
The thief’s desire to steal is not
diminished by the presence of the
police officer but the _______ for
successful theft is.
A. Ambition
B. Intention
C. Feeling
D. Opportunity
Police omnipresence strategically aims to
A. air patrol.
B. motorcycle patrol.
C. bicycle patrol.
D. mobile patrol.
In terms of cost-effectiveness, which of
the following is regarded as the most
expensive type of patrol?
A. Helicopter patrol
B. Watercraft patrol
C. Foot patrol
D. All of the above
During special occasions such as parades
wherein most people gather together,
which among the methods of patrol is
best suited to use?
A. Horse patrol
B. Dog patrol
C. Foot patrol
D. Motorcycle patrol
What is the strategy in patrol that employs
deceptive or elusive measures?
A. Undercover patrol
B. Buy-bust operation
C. Entrapment
D. Decoy patrol
A patrol that provides the best opportunity
for observation within range of the senses
and for a close contact with the people and
things, enabling the patrolman to be of
maximum service as an information
sources and counsel to the public, and as
the eyes and ears of the police department.
a. Foot patrol
b. Horse patrol
c. Mobile patrol
d. Aircraft patrol
“Police officers are assigned in their beat to
pre-empt something from happening”. This
is the concept of what patrol strategy?
A. Reactive Patrol
B. Proactive Patrol
C. Directed Patrol
D. Decoy Patrol
The patrol strategy which is focused
towards accomplishing specific
departmental objectives.
A. Decoy policing
B. Directed Policing
C. Selective policing
D. Problem-oriented policing
A Special Terrain patrol is particularly
used in
a. Special cases such as emergency,
disasters and the like
b. Urban places where it requires
well trained personnel.
c. Remote areas, mountainous and
forested areas.
d. Airports, seaports and in domestic
places.
The theory of patrol which states that the
deceptive absence of the police
officers will let the criminals believe
that they will not be detected or caught
if they execute their plans.
A. Decoy Patrol
B. Deceitful Patrol
C. Low Visibility Patrol
D. Undercover Patrol
It is the time that elapsed from the
receipt of call until the time the
patrol officer arrived at the crime
scene.
A. Reaction time
B. Wasted time
C. Response time
D. Elapsed time
You are the station commander or the chief of police of
a semi-urban town whose area is quite large. You
have a limited number of police personnel. The mayor
told you that he can provide you funds but he desired
that the maximum police presence be made in the
whole town. As a criminology graduate also, you
will-
a. Increase your foot patrol personnel as the town
council can provide more funds.
b. With the same number of personnel you will
increase the number of mobile patrol with two-
way radios.
c. Organize a horse patrol as horses are cheaper than
motor vehicles
d. Saturate the area with foot patrol accompanied
with trained police dogs
POLICE
COMMUNICATIO
N
Communication – is defined as giving
and receiving of ideas/thoughts, feelings
and information among people.
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