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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






2. 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.






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






4. This is the right granted under the Constitution but the Supreme Court has held that it can be exercised only for offences carrying a term of ______________ exceeding 6 months or where the extra penalties such as fines and community service are suffi






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






6. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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 _






11. 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






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






13. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






14. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.






15. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.






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. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






18. 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.






19. The ________ stage of SARA refers to the creation of strategies based on the analyzed data to deal with the problem whereas the assessment stage requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of the response.






20. 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.






21. 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 __________.






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. This is the problem of case __________. Research has shown that only about half of felony arrests result in convictions. The question is whether this is due to poor police work or some other reason.






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. The CIA has operations officers and recruits ________ agents as part of their intelligence activities and this may involve covert operations.






34. When the offender was apprehended by the posse - trials were rarely held and public __________ were held to dispense justice.






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






36. 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 ______.






37. 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.






38. 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 ________.






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






40. Police subculture is determined by the potential of ______ and because of this they stereotype certain categories of persons - such as low-income males - as possible threats.






41. Good faith means that when the police act with the honest belief that they are following proper rules. According to the ruling in US v. Leon - when officers have acted in good faith reliance on a warrant - the evidence will not be excluded even if th






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






43. 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






44. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.






45. 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






46. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






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






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






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






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