Sentence examples for instead of patrolling from inspiring English sources

He explained that his gesture was provoked by his anger that the local police were spending their time running a speed trap instead of patrolling and solving crimes.

At night, did the nurses on the ward huddle around their computer screens, giggling, instead of patrolling the ward to see if the patients were happy?

Problem is, he's currently tearing up the minor leagues instead of patrolling a Pittsburgh outfield that would include Marte and McCutchen.

"There are 200 police officers in Cannes; 60 of them are sitting behind desks instead of patrolling the streets," he said.

Community policing, actual officers walking the streets and interacting with civilians, instead of patrolling in cars or rolling-in armored response vehicles, has by far proven the most effective form of law enforcement – budgetary and statistically.

Instead of patrolling the coast, he is now also at Idomeni.

Now, instead of blindly patrolling broad swaths of ocean, the police can target their efforts.

Now, instead of blindly patrolling vast areas of ocean, coastguard vessels use the satellite intelligence to target their search.

"Instead of Americans patrolling the valleys of Afghanistan...we've honoured our troops' sacrifice by supporting that country's first democratic transition".

Since arriving at Carrow Road in January the manager has been encouraging Redmond to become more proactive and unpredictable in his movements instead of just patrolling the touchline.

But overcrowding and underemployment, the clash between liberalized and hidebound attitudes, a decay of values, vigilante policemen going after private partying with a hockey stick instead of alertly patrolling beats to prevent rape and other crime – all these have turned India's showpiece into a city where dog can survive only by eating dog.