What are the Benefits of Foot Patrol for the Police Officer?
There’s nothing better than a foot patrol assignment for a new police officer. You’ll be alone and out in the open without the protective shell of that police car. The lack of means for a quick get-a-way will prevent you from developing a hit-and-run mentality that the mobility of the police car engenders in many police officers. Just imagine yourself as a foot officer in the midst of a neighborhood dispute that’s developed into a street disturbance. It’s gone a little beyond your ability to control, and you call for help. Police cars roll into the block, and the disturbance is quickly abated by the mere presence of the additional police officers. While the response alone did the trick, a couple of the officers can’t resist making comments to some of the parties in dispute that would have better been left as thoughts. The back-up officers get back into their cars, and they roll out leaving you to abate the new anger created by the officers’ comments. It’s not a big deal. As a foot patr
