Sir Robert Peel, known as the father of modern policing, describes patrol as being the top priority in every police department. Patrol, as he says, is the essence of the police mission and its overall goal is to prevent crime and minimize disorder. In accomplishing this, there are various patrol methods such as on foot, motorcycle, bicycle, horseback, etc. The methods are endless and the reason for patrol is to show police presence in hopes of deterring crime. And although the reactive, proactive and coactive functions of patrol in the Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment resulted in no difference on crime, these functions are still used today. The reactive way of policing deals with police responding to calls after a crime has already
