Exploring Careers in Law Enforcement: Assignments for Police
Officers (page 5)  By McGraw-Hill Professional Updated on Apr
21, 2010  Housing Police  Many mid-sized cities and large cities
have public housing. Because of the large number of people
housed in public housing units, it is not uncommon for crime to
occur there. To deter crime before it happens, and to provide
the fastest possible response time after crime happens,
municipal police officers are assigned to patrol public housing
complexes. It is not unusual for police departments to have a
mini-station located in a public housing apartment complex, with
officers specifically assigned to the public housing complex.
These officers are often trained much like community policing
officers.  Port Authority Police  A port authority can include a
pier, a bus terminal, a train terminal, a tunnel, bridge, or an
airport. In large cities and sometimes in mid-sized cities,
police officers are specifically assigned to these locations.
Crime can occur in all these