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The incident happened last July 19 when the officers, rookies on foot patrol in the 115th Precinct, responded to a 311 complaint about prostitution at a residential building on 89th St. in Jackson Heights.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Per the complaint, the victim, whose name is listed as JH, reported the incident to police during a foot patrol at Wisconsin State Fair Park Exhibition Center on that same day.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Per the complaint, the victim, whose name is listed as JH, reported the incident to police during a foot patrol at Wisconsin State Fair Park Exhibition Center on that same day.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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
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“Foot patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20patrol. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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