Emergency standby seems to be problematic for policing, because citizens believe they should be utilizing the downtime to proactively patrol neighborhoods for crime. Citizens like to see high police visibility. Emergency standby mode is simply not seen as a core function for police officers. Unlike other first responders, the police core function isn’t to primarily be in emergency standby mode. They must be patrolling and responding to calls-for-service, according to citizens demands. Police functions are very different from other first responder functions. The U.S. Coast Guard’s role is to conduct search and rescue. Although search and rescue is very important, there’s no need for the U.S. Coast Guard to be out patrolling looking for people
