According to the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment, Which prevents Crime?

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According to the Kansas City Preventative Patrol
Experiment, Which prevents Crime?

• Proactive Patrol
• Reactive patrol
• Normal Levels of Staffing

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In the Newark Foot Patrol Experiment did Crime
Levels Decrease?
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In the Flint, Michigan Foot Patrol study, Did
Crime Rates decrease?
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Field Interrogation

• An FI is a temporary Detention where officers
  stop and question pedestrians and motorists in
  suspicious circumstances

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Aggressive Patrol

• The practice of having an entire patrol section
  make numerous stops and field interrogations.

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Aggressive Patrol

• Random Stops Inconvenience Citizens
• Motivating Avoiders is a chore in itself

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Does Aggressive Patrol work?
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Directed Patrol

• Officers are Given Guidance about what to do with
  their time
• Based on Crime Mapping
• Evidence shows Directed Patrol Works
• For Targeted Crimes
• In Targeted Areas

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Police Officers Four Major Functions

• Patrol
• Investigation
• Traffic
• Drug Enforcement

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Division of Labor

• Patrol 65
• Criminal Investigation 15
• Traffic 7
• Administration 7
• Operational Support and Crime Prevention
  7

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Traffic
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Traffic

• Educate Motorists
• Enforce traffic laws
• Recommend Traffic Engineering Changes

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It Could Be Argued that Traffic Units Work for
Insurance Companies
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Traffic Stops

• Officer, I know the Mayor and the Chief, I will
  let them know how poorly you treated me.
• I pay your salary

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SWITRS

• Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System
  (SWITRS)

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Traffic Stops Can Result in 1 of 10 Courses of
Action (Bayley and Bittner 1997)

• Citation 43
• Released With Warning 20.7
• Driver Arrested for DUI or Other Crime 14
• Driver Let Go 13.4
• Stern Lecture and Citation 12

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MAIT

• Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Teams

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Do you Have any idea why I pulled you over?

• I was speeding? When I set my cruise control, it
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• I have not been drinking, I just used mouthwash
  and there is alcohol in mouthwash.
• I got the gas pedal confused with the brake and
  just accelerated.