Invite these offices to help plan the saturation patrols. Ask these offices for ideas to streamline the arrest and booking procedures for individuals detained as a result of the patrol. Jurisdiction Review and Mutual Aid Consider jurisdiction issues and boundaries for saturation patrols involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Provide court boundary maps to each participating officer. Specify geographic area for saturation patrol.
Saturation patrols cover a broader area than checkpoints.
Consult Mutual Aid Agreements drafted to support these activities. Operational Considerations Establish a command post to coordinate operations and process suspects. Possible command posts include police facilities, churches or public buildings. Mobile Processing Units can be used to house operations. Saturation patrols are perfectly legal if held under rules governing regular patrols but they focus on impaired driving.