foot patrol
Cops on foot
A foot patrol is police or military surveillance conducted on foot rather than by vehicle.
Officers walking a beat engage in foot patrol, maintaining visible presence in a neighborhood: The department increased foot patrols downtown after the robberies.
The term also refers to the unit conducting such patrols: A foot patrol discovered the broken window.
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
- night watchOvernight security patrol
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- presenceState of being somewhere
law enforcement · walking · watchman · perimeter check · neighborhood watch · shoe leather · security · crime prevention · crime scene · precinct · military police · uniform · urban policing · community policing · alley · on the ground · visibility · high visibility vest
- patrol types
- policeofficer, cop, officers, cops, police departments
- police workarrests, arrest, stings, investigation, busts
- policingpolice powers, arrests, police officer, arrest, badges
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
foot patrolhelicopter patrol
Rotorcraft surveillance mission
mobile patrol · patrol car · squad car · mounted patrol · horse patrol
foot, patrol, pedal, footprint, pedestrian, footstep, footprints, barefoot, footsteps