What is the function of a police patrol?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bramlette v. Superior Court of Merced County, 273 Cal.App.2d 799, 78 Cal.Rptr. 532 (Cal. App. 1969):
What is the function of a police patrol? Obviously, it is to help preserve the peace in a given community and to discourage, and stop if possible, any unlawful activity, particularly in a residence section where law-abiding citizens may be subject to unlawful delicts of strangers. The use
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