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patrol cars  

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  • The influence of the police patrol car on street crime began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Akron, Ohio. Frank Loomis, a member of the Akron Fire Department, built an electric wagon that was first used to pick up intoxicated residents in 1899. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Patrol Cars]

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