Examples of foot patrol in a Sentence
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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.
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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
That mission ended in May 2012, during what Egan described as a routine foot patrol through a village.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
Police discovered the unresponsive woman during a foot patrol on Pennsylvania Avenue near North Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Medics were called to the scene, but she was pronounced dead shortly after their arrival.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025
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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
That mission ended in May 2012, during what Egan described as a routine foot patrol through a village.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
Police discovered the unresponsive woman during a foot patrol on Pennsylvania Avenue near North Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Medics were called to the scene, but she was pronounced dead shortly after their arrival.
—Keith Daniels, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025
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“Foot patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foot%20patrol. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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