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






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






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






4. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.






5. 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 ________.






6. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






7. 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






8. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






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. 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






11. 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.






12. Able-bodied men who could hear the commotion caused by the victim were obliged to form a posse and join the shire reeve (term from which ________ is derived) or mounted officer in pursuit of the offender.






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






14. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






26. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.






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






28. 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.






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






30. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.






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






32. 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.






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






35. Research showed that patrol was of little deterrence and speedier response times did not increase the arrest rate nor assisted in the solving of crimes. Community policing is meant to create a _____________ between police and community to develop pro






36. 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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. The courts of general jurisdiction utilize a fact-finding foundation known as the ___________ process which pits the State's interest - as represented by the prosecution against the Defendant's - as represented by defense counsel.






41. 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.






42. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






43. 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.






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






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






46. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






47. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






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






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






50. Since these crimes are usually not reported - in order to discover them - undercover work using devices such as _________ are utilized.