road patrol
Street safety patrol
Road patrol is routine police duty involving officers driving assigned areas to monitor traffic, respond to incidents, and maintain a visible presence.
The term can also refer to the officers or unit performing this work: He spent ten years on road patrol before making detective.
Automobile associations use the term for their breakdown assistance services.
- state trooperRegional road officer
- police officerLaw enforcement agent
- dashcamVehicle-mounted video recorder
- stopCease all motion
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
traffic cop · body camera · traffic stop · license and registration · constable · tow truck · radio · sobriety checkpoint · radar gun · pursuit · high-speed chase · speed trap · siren · blue lights · badge · community policing · hazard lights · patrolman
- sheriffssheriff, deputy, deputy sheriff, county sheriff, sheriff's office
- traffic controllerstraffic cop, traffic officer, traffic warden, crossing guard, flagger
road patrolcheckpoint
Inspection station on route
guard post · toll booth · weigh station · dispatch center · roadblock
road patrolmarine patrol
Waterway law enforcement unit
harbor patrol · river patrol · air patrol · foot patrol · aerial surveillance