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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






2. 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.






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






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






5. This is because patrol consists of the majority of police work and this is ________ through the police communications network - which is triggered by 911 calls.






6. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






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






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






9. Between the data in the UCR and NCVS - most experts tend to prefer the ____.






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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 ______.






14. 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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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 _________.






20. 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 _______.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. Officers may feel that the rules are there to catch them out and that the system mistrusts them. This may encourage officers to work at a deliberately _____ pace.






30. 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






31. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






32. 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






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






34. This is the term coined to describe this diagrammatic representation. It differentiates between ________ crimes such as murder and rape and property crime such as burglary and arson.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






41. 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.






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






43. It is interesting to note that the city of Detroit is the only state in which blacks rate the police force more ______ than their white counterparts.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






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






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