foot patrol

noun

: a group that patrols an area by walking

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On a recent four-hour foot patrol, officers Cornelius O’Regan and Kevin D’Avignon stopped four Hispanics and one black for questioning. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 It was followed by an hour-long foot patrol in one of Minneapolis’ immigration corridors, braving the 7 degrees below zero temperature. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026 Officers in certain other units, such as foot patrol and community resource officers, had been transferred to nightly patrol shifts. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026 Kansas City police deployed additional officers to the downtown district, with more officers on foot patrol and more patrols. — Pj Green september 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foot patrol

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“Foot patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20patrol. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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