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The misuse of authority by a law enforcement officer is .
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is force applied by a police officer that is likely or intended to cause death.
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is a mental state that occurs when a person suffers from exhaustion and has difficulty functioning normally as a result of overwork and stress.
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An officer suffering from will reexperience the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks.
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The aspects of police work and life that lead to feelings of stress are called .
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Feelings of frustration and mistrust toward civilians are part of the .
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arrests occur when the police take the initiative to target a particular type of criminal behavior.
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is the technology that allows crime analysis to identify trends and patterns of criminal behavior within a given area.
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Areas that contain a greater number of criminals and higher-than-average levels of victimization are often labeled
_______________.
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In patrols, officers spend a substantial amount of their shifts hoping to notice any crimes that may be occurring.
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Since the mid-1900s, a number of metropolitan areas have introduced call systems to reduce the strain on 911 operations.
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is a strategy for answering calls for service in which response time is adapted to the seriousness of the call.
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is the genetic material found in the cells of all living things.
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The study of firearms, including the firing of the weapon and the flight of the bullet, is .
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The application of science to establish facts and evidence during the investigation of crimes is
___________________.
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A is a criminal investigation that has not been solved after a certain amount of time.
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________________are those officers authorized to make arrests and use force.
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A is the smallest stretch that a police officer or group of police officers regularly patrol.
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is a hierarchically structured administrative organization that carries out specific functions.
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Duty is the obligation to act in a certain manner.
a. True
b. False
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Police officers are allowed discretionary powers because they may find themselves in danger of physical harm and must be allowed to take reasonable steps to protect themselves.
a. True
b. False
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Police officers are generally considered trustworthy and therefore assumed to make honest decisions.
a. True
b. False
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A police officer who accepts free "gifts," such as cigarettes, liquor, or services, in return for favorable treatment of
the gift giver is said be participating in mooching.
a. True
b. False
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Police officers use physical force in about 25% of police-public encounters.
a. True
b. False
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Tennesseev.Garner(1985) outlawed the use of deadly force by police officers.
a. True
b. False
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Rookies begin the process of socialization from the first day on the job.
a. True
b. False
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Community-oriented policing is a philosophy that requires police to identify potential criminal activity and develop strategies to prevent or respond to that activity.
a. True
b. False
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According to the Kansas City Experiment, increasing or decreasing random patrol had little or no impact on the crime rate.
a. True
b. False
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One problem for police is that standard 911 systems cannot pinpoint a location of a mobile phone or computer.
a. True
b. False
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A "hot crime" will receive attention as "time permits."
a. True
b. False
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The "broken windows theory" proposes that cracking down on violent crime will allow police to reclaim
neighborhoods.
a. True
b. False
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Reactive arrests are associated with general patrol activities.
a. True
b. False
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Directed patrol strategies are also known as preventive patrol.
a. True
b. False
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The most pressing shortcomings of America's 911 services are organizational.
a. True
b. False
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Police response time is a benchmark used for police efficiency.
a. True
b. False
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DNA taken from a crime scene may soon be able to provide law enforcement with a physical description of a suspect.
a. True
b. False
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Police departments are only using DNA to solve murders and rapes.
a. True
b. False
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Confidential informants are generally police officers who are working undercover to infiltrate criminal organizations.
a. True
b. False
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Because there are more stolen vehicles than murders in most jurisdictions, law enforcement agencies use more resources and time to investigate stolen vehicles than murders.
a. True
b. False
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Officer-initiated activities account for the least amount of time.
a. True
b. False
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Delegation of authority is a critical component of the chain of command, especially in large departments.
a. True
b. False
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Officer-initiated activities account for the most amount of patrol time.
a. True
b. False
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The vast majority of patrol shifts are completed without a single arrest.
a. True
b. False
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In large police departments, as many as two-thirds of all employees are sworn officers.
a. True
b. False
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The first goal of policing is to provide services to the community that are not crime related.
a. True
b. False
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In most police departments the police responsibilities are divided according to zones as well as by time.
a. True
b. False
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Case 5-2
Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately 1 year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy.
Officer Torres is also stressed because her partner, Officer Williams, often coerces money from local drug dealers and keeps the money for himself. Officer Williams is using which type of police corruption?
a. bribery
b. extortion
c. mooching
d. shakedowns
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Case 5-2
Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately 1 year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy.
Officer Torres was recently in a situation where she was apprehending a burglary suspect. The suspect was actively resisting by pulling away from Officer Torres and even attempted to punch her in the stomach. Which weapon would Officer Torres not be allowed to use to subdue the offender?
a. baton
b. gun
c. strikes
d. taser
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Case 5-2
Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately 1 year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy.
Officer Torres believes that she is suffering from burnout and feels that there are many stressors that are causing this. Which would NOTbe considered a common stressor for law enforcement officers?
a. fear of being a victim of violent crime
b. the need to comply with the law in nearly every job action
c. lack of community support
d. positive media coverage
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Case 5-2
Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately 1 year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy.
Officer Torres' fellow officers are very secretive with outsiders about the police department and generally mistrust
the outside world. This is known as the:
a. blue curtain.
b. green curtain.
c. red curtain.
d. yellow curtain.
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Case 5-2
Officer Torres is new to the police force. She was the top of her class in the police academy and received positive feedback from her field training officer. She has been on the job for approximately 1 year and has soon realized that working as a police officer is very different from what they learned in the police academy.
Officer Torres is having a difficult time because many of her fellow officers are trying to "teach" her the way to
think, perceive, and act. This is known as:
a. proactive policing.
b. reactive policing.
c. police subculture.
d. police use of force.
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Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
While placing the suspect under arrest, there was no resistance. What level of force would Officer Richards appropriately be able to use?
a. officer presence
b. verbal commands
c. intermediate weapons like a baton or taser
d. deadly force
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Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
Officer Richards was patrolling this particular area because there had been multiple reports of robberies and illegal narcotics transactions in this area at this time of day. Officer Richards was most likely participating in:
a. general patrol.
b. directed patrol.
c. crime mapping.
d. community policing.
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Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
Crime scene investigators will also study the ballistics at the crime scene. Ballistics is:
a. the study of firearms, including the weapon and the flight of the bullet.
b. the identification of a person based on a sample of her or his DNA.
c. the comparison of the number of crimes cleared compared to the number of crimes committed.
d. the time that passed between the call to report the robbery and when police arrived on the scene.
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Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
When crime scene investigators respond to the convenience store, what trace evidence will they immediately protect from contamination?
a. blood
b. fingerprints
c. hair
d. all of these
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Case 5-1
Officer Richards was driving his beat when he saw a man running down the street at the same time that he received a radio dispatch that a convenience store was robbed and the cashier shot. Officer Richard jumps out of his car and chases the man down. He arrested the man because he believed this was the man that just committed an armed robbery at the local convenience store. In the robbery, the cashier was shot three times. There were also bullet holes in the wall. When arresting the suspect, Officer Richards did not find a gun on the suspect's person.
What category of routine patrol activity was Officers Richards participating in when he was driving down his beat attempting to prevent crime from occurring?
a. preventive patrol
b. calls for service
c. administrative duties
d. officer-initiated activities
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According to Sherman, in the first stage of moral decline of a police officer, the officer:
a. accepts minor gratuities.
b. may force another party to pay for unwanted police services.
c. no longer passively accepts bribes.
d. takes in large amounts of money through involvement in drugs, gambling, or prostitution organizations.
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The is a division within a police department that receives and investigates complaints of wrongdoing by police officers.
a. Administrative Department
b. Citizen Oversight Committee
c. Ethics Department
d. Internal Affairs Unit
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When police officers accept free gifts from citizens (a passive form of corruption), this is called:
a. a shakedown.
b. a payoff.
c. mooching.
d. bribery.
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is when an officer actively demands payment from an individual or a business in return for certain services.
a. Gleaning
b. Mooching
c. A payoff
d. A shakedown
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is the degree of force that is appropriate to protect the police officer or other citizens and is not excessive.
a. Deadly force
b. Reasonable force
c. Sufficient force
d. Minimal force
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In , the U.S. Supreme Court set the limits for the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.
a. Mirandav.Arizona(1966)
b. Tennesseev.Garner(1985)
c. Grahamv.Connor(1989)
d. Roviarov.UnitedStates(1957)
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The use of force by police officers occurs in about % of all police-public encounters.
a. 9
b. 4
c. 1
d. 6
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Discuss the importance and role of private security today.
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Analyze the importance of private security today and the reasons for the growth.
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List and describe some of the most important law enforcement agencies under the control of the Department of Homeland Security.
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List common responsibilities of sheriff's departments.
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Compare and contrast municipal law enforcement agencies with sheriff's and county law enforcement.
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Discuss the benefits of a diverse police force.
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Explain what "double marginality" refers to.
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Explain what tokenism is.
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Discuss the challenges women face when they choose a career in law enforcement.
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Provide an overview of the recruitment process, requirements, and training of police officers.
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Explain why experts believe that the September 11 attacks have effectively ended the community era of policing.
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Discuss intelligence-led policing.
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Compare and contrast the three eras of American policing.
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Explain the patronage system and discuss how it impacted policing?
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List and explain the four basic responsibilities of police. Which of the four do you believe is the most critical and why?
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The primary purpose of private security is to _______________________rather than stop it.
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The FBI's provides lists of stolen vehicles and firearms, missing license plates,
and other information useful to local and state law enforcement officials.