Which patrol technique did NOT show a significant impact on various crime-related metrics in the Kansas City experiment?

The chosen answer highlights that community policing initiatives did not demonstrate a significant impact on crime-related metrics in the Kansas City experiment. The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment was instrumental in examining the effectiveness of different levels of police patrol in deterring crime.

During the experiment, researchers implemented varying levels of patrol: areas with no preventive patrol, areas with increased patrol, and areas receiving the usual level of service. The results showed that neither the absence of patrol nor the enhanced level of patrol significantly affected crime rates or public perceptions of safety.

Community policing, while a critical approach in modern policing strategies, was not a specific focus of the Kansas City experiment, which predominantly assessed the effects of traditional patrol methods. Therefore, it stands to reason that this technique, although beneficial in other contexts, did not yield measurable changes in the specific context of this experiment, highlighting the limitations of traditional crime metrics when community engagement strategies are employed.