A saturation patrol is a police or military

patrol A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as Law enforcement officer, law enforcement officers, military personnel, or Security guard, security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology Fro ...

tactic Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to: * Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks ** Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield ** Chess tactics ** Political tact ...

wherein a large number of officers are concentrated into a small geographic area.Preventing Crime - What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
Chapter 8 - Policing for Crime Prevention. 1996. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice,

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checkpoints, and other location-specific patrols. The methodology employs overwhelming force presence, via large concentration of

patrol officer A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area. Etymology From French ''patrouiller'', from Old Fren ...

s, to create a real or perceived omnipresence, in the hopes that it deters crime inside and outside the actual patrol location. Authorities also use them because of

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s and riot officers together with

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s or

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s can assist.

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