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The Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment started in October 1972 and lasted for an entire year. This study was administered by the Kansas Police Department of Kansas, City, Missouri but the police foundation evaluated each day of the study. There were 15 beats (foot patrol) where police patrols varied. This is where officers entered these areas only to answer calls for service from residents which were labeled “reactive beats.” There were five “proactive beats” where the patrol units were more visible which was increased by three times its usual level, the administration assigned additional patrol cars adjacent to the area of the reactive beats. There were also five “control beats” which the patrol officer maintained one marked patrol

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