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Police officers on foot patrol were flagged down shortly before 12:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
We were to accompany a foot patrol, some of it across open ground, to the first line of defence.
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
On September 8, 2009, Meyer was pulling security while other U.S. forces went on a foot patrol that was attacked by over 50 enemy fighters.
From Fox News ● Sep. 10, 2021
The 2019 attack on Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry inspired a rally at the Capitol and the creation of a citizens’ foot patrol, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
Unfortunately Professor Ghering and his Survivalist cronies thought they were smarter than the average foot patrol.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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