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






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






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






4. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






5. 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






6. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).






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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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. 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






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






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






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






22. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






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






24. 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 __________.






25. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






26. 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.






27. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






28. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






29. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






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






31. 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.






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






33. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.






34. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






35. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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 _






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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