onpatrol Serving and protecting Policing the area Keeping the beat Working, as police Watching over a neighborhood, say Policing, perhaps Like some cops at work Doing rounds, as a security guard Doing rounds Doing police work Doing a shift in a squad car, say: 2 wds At work, like a beat cop: 2 wds Doing recon Guarding mobilely Like a beat cop Checking one's territory Like some police Like the Coast Guard Looking for trouble? Making the rounds, as an officer Cruising the beat Keeping the beat? Policing an area Following the beat?