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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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






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






3. 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 __________.






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






5. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






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






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






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






9. 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 ______.






10. 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






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






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






13. 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.






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. After the arrest - suspects are brought before a __________ for their first appearance so that the charges brought against them can be read out and if appropriate they may be released on their own recognizance.






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






17. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Generally - surveys have revealed that ________ people tend to be more dissatisfied with the police than older persons. Some youths seem to believe that the police target them simply because they are young and think that all teenagers are up to no go






29. 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






30. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. A limited amount of streetwalking is tolerated if it is restricted to a particular part of town - usually a business district and it is not too ________.






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






37. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






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






40. Wilson believed in the necessity to continue and encourage _____________________ within the police force. He was the chief of police in Wichita from 1928 to 1935 - the Dean of Criminology at the University of California from 1950 to 1960 and the supe






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






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






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






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






45. This is one of the main functions of the police academy and ensures that unsuitable recruits do not make it as officers. About 10% of recruits do not _________ from the academy.






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






47. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






48. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






49. 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.






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