Scott Steward
CJS/210
February 21, 2014
Keith McIninch
CheckPoint: Reactive Patrol Response
In police work there are many different forms of patrolling which can be effective for officers. Reactive patrol is a form of random patrol which relates to an officer responding to a call after a crime has been committed. This is due to a call in progress, violation or for a rapid response for a call of service. Since officers are roaming around their assigned area it allows them to respond to a 9-1-1 call easier and faster versus them leaving from the station. They could already be in the vicinity of where the call is generated from making the response time only minutes, maybe even seconds away. The specific