That feeling has united parents, who have sought to encourage their neighbors to join community patrols.

That's likely to succeed: the department's earliest experiments with community patrol began in the 72d.

For the first time in recent memory, the society contributed money to the fund for community patrols this year.

The idea of special community patrols has been around for years under one name or another.

It's too soon to assess his plan for more police and community patrols.

Parents have started community patrols around school playgrounds and parks.

He also hopes for a new "dominant operational philosophy" - community patrol.

Now he proposes a more dramatic shift of resources to community patrol.

While the initial effort has shown immense promise, community patrol has yet to realize its full potential.

It would also deploy thousands of officers to community patrol.