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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






12. The 3 purposes of patrol are to deter crime - increase feelings of public ________ and prepare officers for service through effective dispersal in the neighborhood.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. A critical function that the police play in society is crime __________ and this role is primarily executed through routine patrolling.






22. 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.






23. J Edgar ______ - the Director of the FBI in the 1930s had a critical impact on local policing in setting educational and training models for officers - the development of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the establishment of the FBI crime lab.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.






32. 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.






33. This is due to the dominance of the local political structure by ______ persons. Detroit has had a black mayor since 1973 and the police force is dominated by black persons. Thus - the black community can better relate with their local police






34. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






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






36. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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 _______.






42. 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.






43. 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 _________.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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