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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.






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






3. Apart from police corruption - another form of police deviance is ____________ deviance.






4. This has resulted in an under ________________ of blacks - women and ethnic minorities in the police force.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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. 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






19. 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 __________.






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






21. 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.






22. This is because patrol consists of the majority of police work and this is ________ through the police communications network - which is triggered by 911 calls.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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 _________.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






36. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






37. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Officers are commonly offered bribes to let suspects go or to turn a blind eye to ________ activities.






49. 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.






50. 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.