mobile patrol
Moving guard unit
A mobile patrol is a security or law enforcement unit that monitors an area by traveling through it rather than remaining stationary.
Mobile patrols cover more ground than fixed posts, checking multiple locations during a shift: The mobile patrol makes rounds every two hours.
The term applies to both the activity and the personnel performing it.
- securityProtection from threat
- security guardHired protector of property
- private securityCivilian protective workforce
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
checkpoint · guard shack · rounds · flashlight · walkie-talkie · uniform · nightwatch · perimeter · beat · route · officer · night shift · campus · parking lot · parking garage · sweep · gated community · incident
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- security patrolsecurity guard, guard dogs, guard, watchman, sentry
- Neighborhood Watchneighborhood watch, block captain, coordinator, crime report, suspicious activity
mobile patrolguard booth
Enclosed post for watchmen
security checkpoint · sentry post · guardhouse · gate guard · guard station
mobile patrolsurveillance cameras
Video monitoring equipment
CCTV monitoring · remote monitoring · alarm system · electronic monitoring
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