armed patrol
Weaponed security circuit
An armed patrol is a group carrying weapons while moving through an area to monitor, guard, or enforce security.
The term appears in military, police, and civilian contexts: Armed patrols increased after the border incident.
It can also refer to the activity itself: They conducted an armed patrol of the perimeter.
- sentryGuard on duty
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- security detailProtective personnel assignment
- soldierArmed forces member
- guard dutySentry's assigned shift
rifle · convoy · perimeter · no man's land · duty · vigilance · boots · camouflage · night · night watch · radio · radio silence · jeep · border · surveillance · tactical · rules of engagement · watchful
- militiamilitia, citizen soldier, colonial militia, citizen soldiers, state militias
- war mobilizationmobilization, troop mobilization, military draft, selective service, mobilization orders
- vigilantismvigilante, vigilantism, lynch mob, lynching, mob justice
activity type
armed patrolsurveillance camera
Device recording observed areas
guard station · sentry post · watchtower · security checkpoint
armed, patrol, arms, arming, unarmed, armament, armaments, disarm, disarmed