saturation patrol

{{Short description|Location-specific tactic used by police and military forces}}

A saturation patrol is a police or military patrol tactic wherein a large number of officers are concentrated into a small geographic area.[http://www.safernm.org/Top/FAQs/DWI_FAQs.html#dwi3 Safer New Mexico] - FAQ Page. "What is a saturation patrol?" Safer New Mexico Now. Retrieved January 19, 2009. Saturation patrols are used for hot-spot crime reduction,[http://www.ncjrs.gov/works/ Preventing Crime - What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising]. Chapter 8 - Policing for Crime Prevention. 1996. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park. DUI checkpoints, and other location-specific patrols. The methodology employs overwhelming force presence, via large concentration of patrol officers, to create a real or perceived omnipresence, in the hopes that it deters crime inside and outside the actual patrol location. Authorities also use them because of riots and riot officers together with horses or dogs can assist.