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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. There is no _________ method of centralized policing in the US as police services are provided by the 4 levels of government which are the city - county - state and federal levels.






2. 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






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






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






5. Research into police work and activities conducted between the 1950s and 1970s concluded that police-community relations were very ____ and officers regularly breached legal rules






6. This was the bright-line rule (one that can ______ be crossed) that emerged from this case.






7. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.






8. This occurs where criminal and non-criminal actions are used by an officer in the course of his/her working activities or committed when pretending it is within his/her ___________ police authority. An example is sleeping on the job or a racial slur






9. The next most critical factor that impacts on PCR after race and ethnicity is ___.






10. The public perception of the police is of a distant and alienated law enforcement unit. Through community policing - police-community relations should ________ as the public have a greater stake and say in their problems and needs.






11. This is the way criminal trials are conducted in the US and it is governed by strict rules of __________.






12. Since these crimes are usually not reported - in order to discover them - undercover work using devices such as _________ are utilized.






13. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






14. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






15. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.






16. 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






17. There was no __________ form of criminal justice law in those days. Guilt was assumed; the execution carried out and accepted by all as an act of retribution.






18. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






19. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






20. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.






21. 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.






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






23. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






24. 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.






25. It can be argued that __________ officers possess an additional skill and therefore the extra pay can be justified on those grounds.






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






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






28. This is the problem of case __________. Research has shown that only about half of felony arrests result in convictions. The question is whether this is due to poor police work or some other reason.






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






30. 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.






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






32. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.






33. Under the 6th Amendment to the Constitution - every defendant has the right to a ____ trial.






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






35. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






36. Good faith means that when the police act with the honest belief that they are following proper rules. According to the ruling in US v. Leon - when officers have acted in good faith reliance on a warrant - the evidence will not be excluded even if th






37. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






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






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






40. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






41. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






42. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






43. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






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






45. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






46. The Supreme Court created a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when police officers use search warrants (US v. ____ - 1984).






47. Incapacitation refers to the act of confinement so that the offender is restrained from committing the crime again whereas the deterrence has the overall aim of crime __________.






48. According to the doctrine of ______ patriae - the state has a duty to care for children who are neglected or delinquent - and to assume the role of parent if necessary.






49. Between the data in the UCR and NCVS - most experts tend to prefer the ____.






50. The CIA also engages in ______ operations sanctioned by the President as part of their role in ensuring national security.