Foot Patrol Policies

Ratcliffe, Jerry H.; Sorg, Evan T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65247-4_5

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“…Given modern police departments originated before automobiles were invented (Klockars, 1985), policing has been long performed via foot (for an overview, see Ratcliffe & Sorg, 2017, pp. 7–13).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the late 1970s and early 1980s, evaluations of foot patrol began under the guise of team or community-oriented policing (Pate, Ferrara, et al., 1981, p. 14; Ratcliffe & Sorg, 2017, pp. 15–17).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It was not until foot patrol was used as an HSP tactic that evaluations were able to consistently demonstrate it could reduce crime (Ratcliffe & Sorg, 2017). HSP deploys police resources to microlevel places with disproportionately high crime levels (Braga, Papachristos, & Hureau, 2014; Sherman & Weisburd, 1995; Weisburd & Braga, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…During the PPTE, foot patrol was required for 8 hours per day and 5 days per week, but police commanders had the discretion to decide “how many officers would patrol, which days and times officers would patrol, and other operational decisions” (Groff et al., 2015, p. 32). There are numerous explanations for why the PPTE foot patrols did not link to lower crime (Ratcliffe & Sorg, 2017, pp. 36–37).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, foot patrol has been used since the inception of modern policing (Klockars, 1985), but evaluations of it illustrate how the results of policing evaluations may vary across implementations and settings. Early evaluations of foot patrol generally suggested it improved the public’s perceptions of the police and crime but were inconclusive about its impact on actual crime levels when implemented in large geographic areas, such as police beats (for a historical overview, see Ratcliffe & Sorg, 2017, pp. 7–18).…”

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The Dayton Foot Patrol Program: An Evaluation of Hot Spots Foot Patrols in a Central Business District

Haberman

Stiver²

2018

Police Quarterly

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This study evaluated the Dayton Foot Patrol Program (DFPP). The DFPP spanned 28 weeks. During the DFPP, patrol officers were asked to conduct foot patrol in six hot spots located in the downtown business district for at least 2 hours a day but used their discretion to determine when, which hot spot, how long, and in which ways to patrol. On average, roughly 9 hours of foot patrol were conducted each day during the DFPP. Pre-post comparison statistics and pooled time series count regression models were estimated. The DFPP was linked to reductions in total crime in initial analyses, but only disorder crime incidents were statistically significantly reduced once the outcome was disaggregated into crime-specific outcomes. A diffusion of crime control benefits to nearby areas was also observed. The study's implications are that foot patrol can be implemented with fewer personnel resources and still produce crime reductions in downtown business districts.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Dayton Foot Patrol Program: An Evaluation of Hot Spots Foot Patrols in a Central Business District

Haberman

Stiver²

2018

Police Quarterly

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Patrolling the largest drug market on the eastern seaboard: A synthetic control analysis on the impact of a police bicycle unit

Lawrence

2023

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research SummaryThis study employed a microsynthetic control method to evaluate the impact of the newly introduced bicycle patrol unit in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, which is well‐known as a major drug market. The findings reveal that the bicycle patrol unit led to a notable reduction in social disorder crimes, which was one of the primary objectives of the patrol officers. However, it also resulted in a significant increase in the number of narcotic crimes, violent person crimes, and shooting offenses. The amount of total crimes and property crimes remained unchanged.Policy ImplicationsBicycle patrols can effectively reduce street‐level disorder and increase police efforts to arrest drug offenders and remove drugs from the streets. However, the introduction of this police activity may disrupt the normal operation of drug markets, which can lead to increased violence from instability in the street‐level drug business. Therefore, departments should conduct detailed crime analyses and gather intelligence alongside directed patrols to better understand and respond to the potential consequences of their interventions.

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Redrawing Hot Spots of Crime in Dallas, Texas

Wheeler¹,

Reuter

2020

Police Quarterly

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In this work we evaluate the predictive capability of identifying long term, micro place hot spots in Dallas, Texas. We create hot spots using a clustering algorithm, using law enforcement cost of responding to crime estimates as weights. Relative to the much larger current hot spot areas defined by the Dallas Police Department, our identified hot spots are much smaller (under 3 square miles), and capture crime cost at a higher density. We also show that the clustering algorithm captures a wide array of hot spot types; some one or two addresses, some street segments, and others an agglomeration of larger areas. This suggests identifying hot spots based on a specific unit of aggregation (e.g. addresses, street segments), may be less efficient than using a clustering technique in practice.

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Foot Patrol Policies

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

The Dayton Foot Patrol Program: An Evaluation of Hot Spots Foot Patrols in a Central Business District

The Dayton Foot Patrol Program: An Evaluation of Hot Spots Foot Patrols in a Central Business District

Patrolling the largest drug market on the eastern seaboard: A synthetic control analysis on the impact of a police bicycle unit

Redrawing Hot Spots of Crime in Dallas, Texas

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