Patrol Officer Problem Solving and Solutions is the only book available that addresses the variety of problem solving techniques and solutions used by patrol officers. Based on the assumption that patrol officers attempt to solve problems in both incident based and non-incident based policing, authors Memory and Aragon designed this book to be used in criminal justice courses concerning problem solving and solutions in both kinds of situations.

Because a high percentage of criminal justice students in colleges and universities are planning to enter law enforcement at the patrol level or are currently working in patrol, there is an urgent need for courses that directly address the skills and knowledge needed to work competently as a patrol officer. Often criminal justice professors hear police officers with college or university degrees complain that their courses were mostly based on theory and didn't help much in getting them ready to do police work. Patrol Officer Problem Solving and Solutions is carefully developed to fill this gap in officer education.