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






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






3. 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.






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






5. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






6. 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.






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






8. 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






9. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






10. The role of the police academy is to provide formal training - root out ___________ recruits and immerse the trainees in the police subculture.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. This is the term coined to describe this diagrammatic representation. It differentiates between ________ crimes such as murder and rape and property crime such as burglary and arson.






18. 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.






19. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. The police receive a sizeable number of calls about ________ ill persons and in exercising their discretion these matters are normally dealt with through arrest - hospitalization or informal disposition.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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 __________.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






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






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






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






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






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