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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.






2. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.






3. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.






4. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






5. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






6. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






7. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.






8. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






9. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.






10. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






11. The CID within the FBI is responsible for organized crime - violent crime - ____________ and money laundering.






12. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.






13. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






14. Bail describes the circumstance when suspects are released from custody but on condition that money or property is offered as __________ against flight.






15. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






16. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






17. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.






18. A limited amount of streetwalking is tolerated if it is restricted to a particular part of town - usually a business district and it is not too ________.






19. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






20. Ballistics is the scientific _________ of firearms - ammunition - projectiles - bombs and explosives.






21. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






22. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






23. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






24. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






25. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






26. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.






27. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.






28. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






29. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






30. In US v. __________ (1950) - the US Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search upon a lawful arrest was permitted as long as it was reasonable given the circumstances.






31. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.






32. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






33. Public concern led to the start of the crackdown and this is viewed as an important police role but it is very difficult to spot the minority of drunk drivers amongst those who are ______.






34. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






35. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






36. Officers may feel that the rules are there to catch them out and that the system mistrusts them. This may encourage officers to work at a deliberately _____ pace.






37. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






38. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






39. This was the step taken in 1965 to remedy _________ discrimination.






40. It is interesting to note that the city of Detroit is the only state in which blacks rate the police force more ______ than their white counterparts.






41. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






42. When the offender was apprehended by the posse - trials were rarely held and public __________ were held to dispense justice.






43. Police subculture is determined by the potential of ______ and because of this they stereotype certain categories of persons - such as low-income males - as possible threats.






44. Sheriff departments are usually responsible for _______ court papers - civil summons - and managing security in state courtrooms.






45. A warrant is a _____ issued by the court to justify the arrest of a suspect. It offers protection to the officer executing the warrant against damages; for example for wrongful arrest.






46. Prospective police officers are trained at police _________ - with the average pre-service training program lasting about 1000 hours.






47. After the arrest - suspects are brought before a __________ for their first appearance so that the charges brought against them can be read out and if appropriate they may be released on their own recognizance.






48. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






49. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






50. Officers appointed to carry out investigative work are known as __________.