MOTORCYCLE PATROL

A police motorcycle is a motorcycle used by various police departments. They may be custom designed to meet the
requirements unique of a particular use. A police motorcycle is often called a "motor" by police officers in the
United States. Similarly, motorcycle units are known as "motor units" and motorcycle officers are known as motor
officers.
The maneuverability of the motorcycle on crowded streets offer advantages not provided by larger, more traditional
police vehicles. The motorcycle's relatively small size allows it to get to accident scenes more quickly when
incidents such as traffic collisions slow down access by four-wheel vehicles. Police motorcycles are also used in
police funerals, VIP motorcades, and other special events.
Advantages:
One of the advantages of motorcycle patrol is that is uses less gas than that of cruisers
motorcycle can weave through traffic if there is a serious accident which has brought a freeway to a complete
standstill. The motorcycle can split the lane and reach the scene of the accident.
a motorcycle cop can negotiate his way through gridlock much easier than a patrol car can.
the motorcycles are cheaper than cars, get better gas mileage, and take less parking space at headquarters or the
police garage.
Motorcycles can easily hide behind pillars under highway overpasses too. In general, its better for radar and
maneuvering through congested areas and doing general traffic-related work.

Disadvantages: One disadvantage of motorcycle patrol is that there is no way to transport prisoners
When riding a motorcycle, you don't have as-easy access to the database of information. You also are more exposed.

The disadvantage of a motorcycle patrol is the potential for dangerous situations. Often times drivers do
not pay sufficient attention to people riding motorcycles.
Motorcycle patrol, there is a risk of accident from oncoming traffic from being on a Motorcycle.
and when there is an arrest or warrant, a motorcycle officer has to call for back up patrol with a vehicle.

Bicycle Patrol
The Vassar College Safety and Security Department has implemented a Bicycle Patrol into it's existing
operations. The bicycles serve as a supplement to the marked patrol vehicles and foot patrols already
being used by the department. With the purchase of six "Fuji" mountain bikes and appropriate
uniforms, six assigned officers now patrol Vassar's 1200 acres on bicycles.
The bicycles mobility over the sidewalks, paths, fields, and roads on campus will allow Security to
increase it's presence and allow officers to get to less accessible areas quickly. The officers were trained
by City of Poughkeepsie police officers, who are nationally certified by the Law Enforcement Bicycle
Association.
The bicycle patrol should prove to be an effective means of increasing our security presence. The unit will
have better response times than foot patrol and will be more versatile.
ADVANTAGES:
1. Bikes are less threatening than patrol vehicles: The novelty of a police officer on a bike is
often enough to start overcoming the negative perceptions that some members of a culturally
diverse campus population have about law enforcement.
2. Other bicyclists are more accepting of bike patrol officers: Cyclists can connect with
bicycle officers on different levels than vehicle patrol officers. They may be more receptive to
education and/or enforcement efforts related to cycling behavior and more apt to follow
advice on how to prevent bike theft. These individuals might develop a camaraderie with bike
patrol officers that would not occur with law enforcement personnel riding in their cars.

3. Bicycle patrols result in more than twice as many contacts with the public than vehicle
patrols (Menton, 2007): Students, faculty and staff are more likely to talk about legal matters,
directions, parking information, or ask for information from a campus bicycle patrol officer.
These positive contacts help counter stereotypes of police officers as out to get you and
reinforce efforts to establish relationships of trust between the community and the department.
4. Bicycle police/security uniforms help officers to quickly transition from their traditional law
enforcement duties to more service oriented work: There is no doubt that the dressed down yet
authoritative appearance of a bicycle officers shorts and shirt provides a campus constituent with a
different, less threatening experience. Agencies can opt for the traditional Class A style or a more
relaxed golf-style shirt depending on their desired image.
5. Perpetrators dont notice bike patrols: Individuals who break the law normally are not looking for
bicycle officers. They are concerned with marked and unmarked squad cars (Kariya, 2004). Any bicycle
patrol officer will relate story after story of riding up to crimes in progress, unnoticed or unrecognized by
the perpetrators until the very last moment.

DISADVANTAGES:
1.One being that the speed is significantly slower than a car patrol.
2.there are safety concerns because they are on a bicycle which does not fully protect them in the event of
an accident

3.lack of capacity to carry data and communications equipment.

4. bicycle patrol are the lack of physical protection provided by the patrol car
5. slower than motorcycle or automobile cars

Maritime patrol

is the task of monitoring areas of water. Generally conducted by military and law enforcement agencies,
maritime patrol is usually aimed at identifying human activities.
Maritime patrol refers to active patrol of an area, as opposed to passive monitoring systems such as
sound-detection fixtures or land-based spotters. A patrol consists of a ship, submarine, aircraft or satellite
examining the patrolled area and seeking out activities to be identified and reported. Maritime patrol is
critical in wartime situations for navies to locate enemy forces to engage or defend against. Peacetime
patrols are important for interdiction of criminal activities and for ensuring legal use of waters.
Maritime patrols can be conducted by surface ships and submarines, by aircraft (e.g. MPA) and other
aerial vehicles, and even by satellites. Human spotting remains an important part of detecting activity, but
increasingly electronic systems are used.

ADVANTAGES:
1.The advantages of watercraft patrol, includes helping if people are drowning.
2.Patrols in the water also allow drug traffickers to be apprehended.
3.Their small size not only allows for quick transport to remote locations, they can be towed with any
vehicle equipped with a tow hitch (no need to purchase expensive SUVs or limited purpose 4 wheel drive
trucks)
4.PWCs can often be launched at even the smallest of ramps or even at a gently sloped natural shoreline

5.Their extreme speeds some capable of speeds in excess of 55 mph make them ideal for quick
initial response to boating accidents, search and rescue missions, or police response to island-based cabins
or campgrounds
DISADVANTAGE:
1.A lack of navigation lights limits their use to daylight operation
2.Smaller models can often lack the stability necessary to conduct safe and effective one-on-one
interaction with boaters
3.Like motorcycles or bicycles, PWCs offer no shelter from extreme weather which often limits their use
during colder months or inclement conditions
4.Secondary vessels are often required to address the potential need to transport prisoners or extra
equipment
5.Despite their shallow draft, jet powered vessels are often limited in their ability to operate in areas of
heavy weeds or gravel (which can be sucked into the intake)

HORSE PATROL
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. They continue to serve in remote areas
and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque or ceremonial, but they are
also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and increasingly in
the UK for crime prevention and high visibility policing roles. The added height and visibility that the
horses give their riders allows officers to observe a wider area, but it also allows people in the wider area
to see the officers, which helps deter crime and helps people find officers when they need them.
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Mounted police may be employed for specialized duties ranging from patrol of parks and wilderness
areas, where police cars would be impractical or noisy, to riot duty, where the horse serves to intimidate
those whom it is desired to disperse through its larger size, or may be sent in to detain trouble makers or
offenders from the crowd. For example, in the UK, mounted police are most often seen
at football matches, although they are also a common sight on the streets of many towns and cities as a
visible police presence and crime deterrent during the day and night. Some mounted police units are
trained in search and rescue due to the horse's ability to travel where vehicles cannot.
ADVANTAGES:
1.ften cited as the reasons for mounted patrols are riot and crowd control, visibility, community
relations, and park patrol.
2.horse patrols are often used in parades, funerals, special operations, and traffic.
3.The advantages of patrolling on horseback include having a clearer view of an area, greater public
visibility, and the ability to operate in close places.
4. fficers can apply to become a mounted officer with the Park Police, which patrols the Mall and other
national parks. Only a few are chosen each year.
5. What draws most police officers to the mounted unit is the connection the horse helps make with the
public, several officers said during a recent gathering at the Washington International Horse Show. Since
people living in the city arent used to seeing horses, the animals help make the officers more
approachable

DISADVANTAGES:
1.include exposure to inclement weather, limited carrying capacity, litter (that is, waste), vulnerability,
and lack of speed over long distances
2.horse patrol are disadvantageous because criminals in cars can escape the horses.
3. They may be in the line of fire, which of course means they can be hurt by gunshots or the like.
4. When a city gets in trouble financially, the horses are often the first to go (this happened in my city). If
dispersed too fast, they may be sold at auction
5. expensive to maintain, and it's sometimes hard to justify the cost.

HIGHWAY PATROL
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and
enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional
police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties. They are also referred to in many countries
as traffic police, although in other countries this term is more commonly used to refer to foot officers on
point duty who control traffic at junctions.
ADVANTAGES:
The advantages are that everyone gets bored or burned out working the same schedule. Some people
prefer nights, others prefer days.
Gathering evidence to determine the cause of a roadway accident.
Observing and reporting damage to the roadways, and conducting hasty road surveys after disasters or the
passage of inclement weather.
Enforcing laws and regulations intended to improve traffic safety, such as speed limits.
Securing the scene of a traffic accident by using cones and flares as well as providing first aid to the
injured.

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When the weather is too bad, the officers is having a bad time in doing their job.
They are cant chase criminals riding motors or cars.
They are prone to fights against drivers
chedules that require too-frequent shift changes.
it's vital that the overnight worker maintain that schedule on his days off or he'll be constantly
trying to readjust to nights.

AVIATION

UNIT/ AIRCRAFT PATROL

An army aviation unit is an aviation-related unit of a nation's army, often described as an air
corps. These units are generally separate from a nation's dedicated air force, and usually
comprise helicopters and light support fixed-wing aircraft.
A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance
aircraft, or by the older American termpatrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to
operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol rolesin particular anti-submarine, antiship and search and rescue.
ADVANTAGES:

K-9 canine patrol

A police dog, known as a "K-9" or "K9" (a homophone of "canine") in some English-speaking countries,
is a dog that is specifically trained to assist police and other law-enforcement personnel in their work.
Their duties include searching for drugs and explosives, searching for lost people, looking for crime scene
evidence, and protecting their handlers. Police dogs must remember several hand and verbal commands.
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The most commonly used breed is the German Shepherd.

In many common law jurisdictions, the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a felony.

CYBER PATROL
Internet police is a generic term for police and secret police departments and other organizations in
charge of policing Internet in a number of countries. The major purposes of Internet police, depending on
the state, are fighting cybercrime, as well as censorship,propaganda, and monitoring and manipulating the
online public opinion.