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To the uninitiated, going door-to-door seeking information about a crime, sitting in a police car for an extended period observing a location to monitor a suspect’s activity, or patrolling the roads of a rural community in the middle of the night may not appear to be the most exhilarating or motivating tasks a patrol officer performs. In fact, each of these functions is essential to the protection and safety of communities and the successful provision of police service.

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Greenberg, S.F. (2017). Additional Patrol Activities. In: Frontline Policing in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53565-4_5

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