Designed to assist police departments in improving the productivity of their patrol operations, this volume on routine patrol and a companion volume on specialized patrol operations are intended for use by various sizes of departments. The volume on routine patrol focuses on the major issues of patrol productivity and recommends a number of concrete steps patrol administrators can take to improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of uniformed patrol operations. It includes discussions of how to analyze the patrol workload, develop efficient deployment schemes, and manage the service call workload so that officers will have time to implement preplanned prevention, deterrence, and apprehension oriented activities. It describes how crime analysis can be used to focus routine patrol operations and suggests a number of anticrime tactics that can be used by patrol officers when they are not responding to calls for service. The volume concludes with the presentation of selected case studies of departments which have implemented many of the approaches outlined and with a discussion of the major issues patrol administrators will face in planning, implementing, and evaluating changes in the patrol function. A brief annotated bibliography on routine preventive control is included. (Volume II, available separately, focuses on the appropriate use and effective operation of specialized patrol units.) (JT)