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patrol work  

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  • Patrol work is the job of those officers who are least specialized in a general-purpose police department. Patrol officers are the point of first response for most of the work done by the agency, and as such, they are key decision makers about what the agency knows about matters of interest to the police. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Patrol Work]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NPCTTTXN-J

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