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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. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. The county level of government supplies citizens with police services - for example the county ________.






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






12. 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.






13. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. Between the data in the UCR and NCVS - most experts tend to prefer the ____.






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






33. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






34. 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






35. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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. Public concern led to the start of the crackdown and this is viewed as an important police role but it is very difficult to spot the minority of drunk drivers amongst those who are ______.






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.