_____________ found that increasing (or decreasing)the level of police presence in a region did not have a significant effect on crimes such as burglary,theft,robbery,or vandalism.Such changes in patrol patterns also did not impact citizen satisfaction levels with their police or their fear about crime.

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The Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment, conducted in the 1970s, found that changing levels of police presence did not significantly affect the targeted crimes or citizen satisfaction levels. The other choices listed were also experiments on preventative patrol, but their findings were different. The Las Vegas experiment found that more frequent patrols led to a decrease in crime, while the New York City experiment found that police presence did have a deterrent effect on certain types of crime. The Kentucky experiment focused on the impact of randomized patrols and found mixed results.

_____________ Found That Increasing (Or Decreasing)the Level of Police Presence