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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. The 1980s and 1990s saw the creation of _______ oversight of police groups to monitor or investigate complaints by individuals against police actions.






5. 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.






6. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






13. In serious cases - this may be the outcome. However - hospital care for the mentally ill is very disjointed and it may be difficult to hospitalize a person without their ________. Also - these hospitals or shelters may refuse to admit these patients.






14. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






15. 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.






16. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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 _________.






26. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






27. 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.






28. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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 _






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Incapacitation refers to the act of confinement so that the offender is restrained from committing the crime again whereas the deterrence has the overall aim of crime __________.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. This was the ruling of the court. Many commentators were surprised but the court decided that although arrest for trivial offences (in this case a seat belt violation) may be embarrassing - it was not so extraordinary as to breach the ____ amendment






48. 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.






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






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