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• n  a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
• n  the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
• n  a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
• v  maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

• In the end, the patrol base was all or mostly destroyed, with several soldiers dead beneath the rubble.
• In Boston the Angels predicted that there would be 250 volunteers on patrol by the end of the year; so far there are only 60.
• A member of San Francisco's freewheeling "Patrol Special" unit, Ralph Grebmeier paid $15,000 for the right to guard one of the city's 62 private patrol sectorsa two-mile-long .

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News & Articles

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• Nebraska State Patrol Trooper Injured In Crash With Truck
  A Nebraska State Patrol Trooper suffered minor injuries when his cruiser collided with a dump truck in Washington County Friday afternoon.
  June 15, 2013 - WOWT Omaha
• Border Patrol agents say fuel conservation due to budget cuts constrains work on Texas border
  McALLEN, Texas — Budget cuts have hampered the U.S. Border Patrol's work in its busiest sector on the Southwest border, agents said Friday, with the agency introducing fuel conservation measures in the Rio Grande Valley that have agents patrolling on foot and doubling up in vehicles.
  June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• State patrol slim on qualified recruits
  The Washington State Patrol says it’s not seeing enough quality men and women trying out to be a trooper and recruitment goals likely will not be met. Troopers are boosting local recruitment efforts in the effort to increase the number of applicants. "Statistically, less than 5 percent of those who test actually make it as trooper," said Trooper Keith Leary. About 300 positions need to be filled ...
  June 14, 2013 - KING5 Seattle

Quotes

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• Jerry Brown in FOXNews
  This latest effort is insufficient to meet the needs of securing the Texas-Mexico border. Texas will continue to urge the federal government to provide the necessary resources so the brave men and women of the Border Patrol can effectively do their... Rick Perry http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFKdUmhufcX5844Hz8zF25ntzzTCg msnbc.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37985009/ns/us_news/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE5eHo6YgwqeKz22L-wA4Pe5SqQKw Jun 28, 2010 72796 97366 patrol Mixon was certainly a character that needed more supervision," Brown said. "In Oakland, the highway patrol has an office there, sheriff and police. And all those agencies should have a list of the more dangerous, threatening parolees so they...
• John Kerry in International Herald Tribune
  If you've just got one patrol boat and it chases guys in and people go ashore without enough firepower, without knowing what they're up against, you can get into a lot of trouble,Kerry said.