Visible patrolling officers provide citizens, visitors, and others in an area an invigorated sense of safety and security. That's one reason officers who are accommodating on certain types of patrol, concretely in neighborhoods, will appear conspicuously in uniforms and marked patrol cars. They will visit both prominent locations and locations where past malefactions have occurred to amend a sense of safety in those areas. Patrolling officers accommodate a paramount role in a department's community policing strategy. Because they are so visible on the street level, officers on patrol provide an opportunity for denizens and others in a neighborhood to interact with the police. This engagement can lead to people passing along valuable information to officers, such as tips about recent or even pending malefactions, and it can sanction officers to pass along advice and resources to denizens. Patrol work diminishes the sense of distance and detachment between officers and denizens, making the police more
Visible patrolling officers provide citizens, visitors, and others in an area an invigorated sense of safety and security. That's one reason officers who are accommodating on certain types of patrol, concretely in neighborhoods, will appear conspicuously in uniforms and marked patrol cars. They will visit both prominent locations and locations where past malefactions have occurred to amend a sense of safety in those areas. Patrolling officers accommodate a paramount role in a department's community policing strategy. Because they are so visible on the street level, officers on patrol provide an opportunity for denizens and others in a neighborhood to interact with the police. This engagement can lead to people passing along valuable information to officers, such as tips about recent or even pending malefactions, and it can sanction officers to pass along advice and resources to denizens. Patrol work diminishes the sense of distance and detachment between officers and denizens, making the police more