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Patrol
Type of personnel group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Patroller" redirects here. For other uses, see Patrol (disambiguation).
A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area.[1]
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