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






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






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






5. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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 ________.






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






13. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






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






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






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






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. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






19. 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






20. 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 __________.






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






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






29. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. There is no _________ method of centralized policing in the US as police services are provided by the 4 levels of government which are the city - county - state and federal levels.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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 ______.






40. 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.






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






42. Bail describes the circumstance when suspects are released from custody but on condition that money or property is offered as __________ against flight.






43. 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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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