Reactive Patrol Response

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JAI’DA BROWN REACTIVE PATROL RESPONSE OCTOBER 12, 2014 PROFESSOR CARL DEWYER CJS/210 INTRODUCTION: In this response, I will define reactive patrol, distinguish how reactive patrol differs from proactive patrol, and identify what would happen if policing agencies adopted only of these patrol styles. Patrol is a person or group of people who are actively scanning an area or areas. For an example, police officers, detectives, or security guards. Police officers can have several types of patrols, such as community patrols, random patrols, and strategic patrols. In other words, there are three main patrol functions, which are: Routine patrol, immediate response to calls, and follow-up investigations. WHAT IS REACTIVE PATROL? Reactive police is a practice or policy used by the police to engage with a community when citizens call upon them. When reactive policing is in effect, an officer goes to the scene of a crime only when a citizen calls in a problem; however, an outside force makes the officer perform and react services for the community ("What Is Reactive Patrol?", 2014). Reactive patrol also involves the follow-up investigations required to gain additional information to prosecute. In other words, it consists of police waiting for crime and then going to the scene to try to apprehend the suspect or suspects. As a result, the officer has lowered the crime rate by using undercover operations, asking questions, and the use of other tactics ("What Is Reactive Patrol?", 2014). HOW DOES REACTIVE PATROL DIFFER FROM PROACTIVE PATROL? Proactive patrol and or proactive policing is the practice of deterring criminal activity by showing police presence and engaging in the public to learn their concerns, thereby preventing crime from taking place to begin with ("Proactive Policing", March 2014). Reactive patrol on the other hand, as I stated previously,

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