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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






13. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.






14. Plea bargains avoid an expensive court trial. Prosecutors may offer and defendants may accept a bargained plea to avoid the uncertainty of a jury trial. In many cases - the Defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge or for a ________ sentenc






15. 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.






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






17. 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 __________.






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






19. 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.






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






21. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






22. The CIA has operations officers and recruits ________ agents as part of their intelligence activities and this may involve covert operations.






23. 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






24. Racial profiling is the practice of stopping and or __________ a person not because of any suspected criminal activity but because of that person's race.






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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 _______.






29. 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






30. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






31. 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.






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






33. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






42. 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.






43. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. In this case - the police applied for and obtained a search warrant from a magistrate for the Defendant's homes. Drugs were found there and the Defendant convicted. He appealed on the grounds that the original affidavit drawn up to obtain the search






47. The ________ stage of SARA refers to the creation of strategies based on the analyzed data to deal with the problem whereas the assessment stage requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of the response.






48. This describes the Pendleton Act. This was a big step in the government becoming the huge _____________ it is today.






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






50. 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.