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






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






3. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






4. When called to attend to a non-crime incident - the police have to exercise discretion and can usually handle the situation _______ taking formal police action.






5. Parens patriae is Latin for 'the ______ as parent'.






6. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Domestic disturbances are a common order maintenance issue handled by the police but officers generally find them frustrating to handle because there is little that they can do about the _____ of the problem.






12. 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.






13. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).






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






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






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






17. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






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






19. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






20. The 3 purposes of patrol are to deter crime - increase feelings of public ________ and prepare officers for service through effective dispersal in the neighborhood.






21. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.






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






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






24. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






25. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annualized report published by the ___ that states the statistical rate of reported crime in the US based on data from police reports.






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






27. This is the definition of bail. If the suspect fails to appear for the next court hearing - then the money or property pledged may be __________.






28. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






29. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






30. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






31. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






32. 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






33. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






34. 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






35. The Defendant was _________ arrested in his office - which consisted of a single room. The search was valid and reasonable given the circumstances of the arrest and small space of the area he was arrested in.






36. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






37. This is the right granted under the Constitution but the Supreme Court has held that it can be exercised only for offences carrying a term of ______________ exceeding 6 months or where the extra penalties such as fines and community service are suffi






38. Wilson and Kelling believed that the broken window symbolized a deteriorating neighborhood and not repaired led to the eventual decline of an area - thereby encouraging criminal _________.






39. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.






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






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






42. There is usually a degree of competition between detectives and _______ officers. The latter sometimes withhold information in the hope of beating detectives to solving a case.






43. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.






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






45. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people






46. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






47. The 1980s and 1990s saw the creation of _______ oversight of police groups to monitor or investigate complaints by individuals against police actions.






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






49. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






50. Wilson believed in the necessity to continue and encourage _____________________ within the police force. He was the chief of police in Wichita from 1928 to 1935 - the Dean of Criminology at the University of California from 1950 to 1960 and the supe