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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. The courts of general jurisdiction utilize a fact-finding foundation known as the ___________ process which pits the State's interest - as represented by the prosecution against the Defendant's - as represented by defense counsel.






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






9. The Hispanic community is growing faster than expected and therefore police departments should take steps to hire more Hispanic officers through active recruitment processes and offering incentive ___ for bilingual officers.






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






11. 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 __________.






12. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






13. 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






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






15. These experts contend that officers do not have the authority to subvert the criminal law. Some states have criminalized the failure of criminal justice officials who turn a ______ eye to enforcement.






16. 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






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






18. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






27. The NCVS Survey is a yearly study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of specific households to determine the level of criminal _____________ - particularly unreported victimization - in the US.






28. Some police departments may have a separate detective unit with further specialized units such as homicide and vice. ________ ones will have a single department to handle all cases or no department at all.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






32. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






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






34. 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.






35. 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 ________.






36. The UCR statistics are used to create the FBI Crime Clock which creates a picture of crime _________ in the US.






37. 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.






38. By dealing with the underlying issues - for example mental health or financial service problems - then a solution may be found to get them off the street and back into a more ___________ existence.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






45. This is one of the main functions of the police academy and ensures that unsuitable recruits do not make it as officers. About 10% of recruits do not _________ from the academy.






46. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






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






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






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






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