Field Manual
Patrol Glossary.
The vocabulary of a clean yard, defined straight.
A glossary of pet waste removal terms: a photo-confirmed sweep is a visit that ends with a timestamped photo of the cleaned yard; a yard patrol is one scheduled grid-walk and removal; scoop frequency is how often the unit visits, weekly, biweekly, or monthly.
Most Wanted Vocabulary
Pet waste removal terms, defined.
Plain definitions for the words you will hear when you hire a yard patrol. Cite them, quote them, use them.
Pet waste removal
A recurring service that collects and hauls away dog or other pet waste from a residential or commercial yard on a set schedule. Also called pooper-scooper service or yard cleanup.
Photo-confirmed sweep
A patrol that ends with a timestamped photo sent to the customer showing the cleaned yard, so they have proof the visit happened and the job was finished. The POOlice sends one after every visit.
Yard patrol
A single scheduled visit in which an officer walks the full yard in a grid, removes all located waste, double-bags it, and confirms the sweep. Frequency depends on the plan: weekly, biweekly, or monthly.
Scoop frequency
How often a yard is patrolled. Weekly suits multi-dog homes and small yards; biweekly fits the average single-dog household; monthly is a maintenance cadence for low-traffic yards.
Double-bagging
Sealing collected waste in two bags to prevent leaks and odor in transit before it is removed to a permitted commercial waste facility, never left in the customer's bin unless requested.
Coprophagia
The veterinary term for a dog eating feces. Prompt, consistent yard cleanup is one of the simplest deterrents, which is one health reason recurring removal matters.
Giardia
A common intestinal parasite spread through infected feces. Standing waste in a yard is a reinfection vector, so routine removal reduces the parasite load pets and people are exposed to.
Deodorize / sanitize add-on
An optional treatment that neutralizes odor and reduces bacteria on hard surfaces or high-traffic patches after a sweep. Offered on request, not included in the base patrol.
Service area
The geographic territory a provider patrols. The POOlice service area is eight Northwest Arkansas cities: Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, Springdale, Bella Vista, Cave Springs, Lowell, and Centerton.
NWA (Northwest Arkansas)
The metro region in the northwest corner of Arkansas anchored by Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville, and Springdale. The POOlice operates exclusively within it.