Sentence examples for citizens patrol from inspiring English sources
Roger Barnett, who lives on a 22,000-acre ranch two miles north of the border, near Douglas, and who heads Ranch Rescue, the most visible of the citizens' patrol groups, said coyotes were responsible for the killings last week.
By and large, though, there is little evidence that vigilantes are increasing in number in the West, though in the most lawless countries— South Africa, Russia, Colombia they are rife.At the other end of the spectrum are citizens' patrol groups volunteers, sometimes with special policing powers, who usually act under police control.
I joined the citizens' patrol.
In one of the first efforts of its kind, organized by City Councilman John Hartley, police worked with residents to form a citizens patrol whose volunteer members began driving Hillcrest's streets, watching for suspicious activity.
Regular police, bolstered by the army, have replaced citizens' patrols.
"I have concerns that they're not really welcome, or really not needed," Sheriff Estrada said of the citizens' patrols.
The authorities are investigating numerous other suspected militants as local citizens' patrols circulate in search of the extremists and their allies, which at one time included the Tuaregs.
Meanwhile some neighbourhoods are considering citizens' patrols, according to Ms Bollinger.No one, including the mayor, is surprised that the honeymoon is over but could things get worse?
They have since largely renounced violence through groups of citizens' patrols known broadly as Awakening Councils — and are eager to translate their role in creating relative calm into political power.
"Who's going to protect you out there?" A brochure distributed by one of the citizens' patrols urges volunteers around the country to "come and stay at the ranches and help keep trespassers from destroying private property".
Some officers view them as a potential threat to their jobs, and many in the police force were already up in arms over the government's effort to legalize citizens' patrols.
