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| Since September 11, 2011 we have NOT developed a nation-wide fully integrated criminal justice system with a formal intelligence unit in every police department. |
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| Funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the U. S. Department of Justice was cut substantially during the presidency of George W. Bush. |
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| The POST program DOES NOT concern the effort to eliminate police discretion. |
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| Police-Community relations (PCR) were a product of the tumultuous 1960s. |
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| Community policing DOES NOT provide a natural conduit for information gathering and the development of counter-terrorism intelligence. |
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| Compared to the watchman style of policing, the legalistic style DOE NOT use much more discretion. |
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| The service style of policing IS NOT based on order maintenance. |
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| Calls for Law Enforcement DO NOT exceed the number of calls for police service. |
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| Span of control DOES NOT refer to the number of police officers assigned to police a community. |
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| Police use their discretion by making policies about which laws to enforce, how often to enforce the laws, against whom, and on what occasions. |
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| Discretion is used mostly in routine situations that involve offenses that are not very serious. |
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| Police officers generally view themselves as crime fighters. |
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| Only 10 to 20 percent of all calls actually require a law enforcement response. |
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| Crime prevention IS NOT a reactive approach. |
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| Most federal law enforcement agencies require college degrees for entry-level positions. |
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| Local law enforcement agencies play an important role in responding to the challenges of terrorism. |
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| Which policing strategy reorganizes conventional patrol strategies into integrated and versatile police teams assigned to a fixed district? |
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| A crime-analysis and police-management process built on crime mapping that was developed by New York City Police Department. |
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| Preventive patrol, routine incident response, emergency response, criminal investigations, problem solving, and support services are _______ strategies. |
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| In police operations, activities (such as administration and training) that provide support for line operations. |
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| While the core mission of American police departments has not changed, law enforcement agencies at all levels now devote an increased amount of time and other resources to prepare for possible ________ and to gather the intelligence to thwart them. |
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| ______ is an organized undertaking characterized by a body of knowledge acquired through extensive education and by a well-considered set of internal standards and ethical guidelines. |
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| Police ________ place/s important limits on the discretionary activities of individual officers. |
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| The political era of American policing, 1840s to 1930s, was characterized by: |
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| police serving the interest of politicians |
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| The operational strategy known as _______ seeks to reduce chronic offending in the community. |
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| Which of the following is a characteristic of the reform era, 1930s to 1970s, of American policing? |
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| police prided themselves on being professional crime fighters. |
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| Semi-permanent assignment of officers to particular neighborhoods is called: |
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| Community policing is best characterized by: |
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| a partnership between the police and the community. |
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| Which factor does not influence a police officer's use of discretion? |
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| FIGs,LEO, and INLETS are all _______ resources. |
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| ________ helps officers and the departments they work for gain the respect and regard of the public. |
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| What is the best way to describe police subculture? |
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| a particular set of values, beliefs, and acceptable forms of behavior characteristic of American police |
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| The legalistic style of policing: |
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| enforces the letter of the law |
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| Police-community relations (PCR) as a police practice: |
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| stresses that police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve. |
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| Which of the following IS NOT a benefit of educated police officers? |
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| Nationwide racial and ethnic minorities comprised _______ of full-time sworn police personnel in the year 2000. |
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| Which of the following IS NOT a problem with better educated police officers? |
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| educated police officers have more citizens complaints filed against them |
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| The unbroken line of authority that extends through all levels of an organization, from the highest to the lowest. |
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| A style of policing marked by a concern with helping rather than strict enforcement. |
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| A type of policing that retains the traditional police goal of professional crime fighting, but enlarges the enforcement target to include nontraditional kinds of criminals. |
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| According to the 2001 Status of Women in Policing Survey, about what percentage of U. S. law enforcement officers is female? |
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| In what era of policing did police departments focus most of their resources on solving "traditional" crimes such as murder and rape? |
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| Which policing style was in use when the Rodney King beating occurred in Los Angeles? |
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| If a police department ordered its officers to write a ticket for any motorist going 1 M.P.H. over the speed limit, one could argue that this department was operating under which style of policing? |
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| A neighborhood resource officer asks residents to clean up litter, remove graffiti, and install better lighting in a nearby park that is known for extensive drug dealing. Such a request is characteristic of what type of corporate strategy? |
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| Which of the following IS NOT an element of community policing? |
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| centralization of command |
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| Which of the following statements is FALSE about women in policing? |
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| Female officers see themselves as police officers first, women second. |
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| What percentage of female police officers holds sworn, top command, law enforcement positions? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a core operational strategy? |
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| Which of the following is considered an ancillary operational strategy? |
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| Which of the following is considered the dominant operational policing strategy? |
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| Which of the following operational strategies consumes most of the resources of local and state police agencies? |
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| Which of the following takes priority over all other police work? |
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| Which of the following refers to the physical area in which a crime is thought to have occurred? |
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| Which of the following police personnel is trained in specific forensic techniques? |
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| crime-scene investigators |
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| Roles within police agencies generally fall into one of two categories ________ operations. |
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| What term describes information about a crime that forms the basis for determining the perpetrators identity? |
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| What term is used to describe the order of authority within a police department? |
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| What percentage of 911 calls are directed to the police? |
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