foot patrol

noun

: a group that patrols an area by walking

Examples of foot patrol in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Roadblocks covered the Market's exits with police at each roadblock and monitoring on foot patrol. Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2024 The school honors a Staten Island officer who was killed with his partner, Officer Gregory Foster, while on foot patrol on the Lower East Side in February 1972. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024 Hamas, along with other terrorist groups inside Gaza, could also begin deploying suicide bombers against Israeli soldiers on foot patrol. Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024 Pinellas County deputies on foot patrol at the John’s Pass Village Boardwalk saw flames coming from a building around 3 a.m. Thursday and requested assistance from the fire department, authorities said. Rebekah Riess, CNN, 13 July 2023 The police department has also assigned a foot patrol officer at Cain Park, which could be expanded to Denison. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 18 July 2023 His first assignment after graduating from the police academy was to do foot patrol in uniform in one of the busiest shopping centers in town. Mark Braboy, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2023 In February, city officials announced a new police foot patrol team would start walking business corridors on weekdays to address public safety concerns. Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2023

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“Foot patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20patrol. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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