Patrol

In military tactics, to patrol, or conduct a patrol, is to conduct reconnaissance of a designated area or route.

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A patrol is also a small cavalry or armoured unit, subordinate to a troop or platoon. A patrol usually comprises a handful of mounted troopers, or two AFVs (often tanks).

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In law enforcement, patrol officers are uniformed police officers assigned to patrol specified geographic areas. They are the officers most commonly encountered by the public, as their duties include responding to calls for service, making arrests, resolving disputes, taking crime reports, and conducting traffic enforcement, as well as other crime prevention measures.

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Some elementary schools use the term patrol to refer to students who are selected to monitor safety in the classroom or to those students who assist crossing guards with safety of children crossing busy streets. Another common term for this use of patrol is hall monitor.

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Military tactics: Military tactics, the art of organizing an army, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle....

Reconnaissance: Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. It is part of combat intelligence. Compare to counterintelligence....

Cavalry: :This article is about cavalry, mounted soldiers. Cavalry is also a common misspelling of the biblical hill Calvary....

Patrol related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dawn Patrol, The (1938) (DVD)	Snow Patrol	Dawn Patrol	Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol: Eyes Open	Snow Patrol: Eyes Open	Snow Patrol: Eyes Open	Snow Patrol: Final Straw
Snow Patrol: Final Straw	The Patrol 1887	The Dawn Patrol	Jungle Patrol 1948