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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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.






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






3. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






4. Some police departments may have a separate detective unit with further specialized units such as homicide and vice. ________ ones will have a single department to handle all cases or no department at all.






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






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






7. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).






8. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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 _______.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






23. Apart from police corruption - another form of police deviance is ____________ deviance.






24. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






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






26. 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.






27. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. There is usually a degree of competition between detectives and _______ officers. The latter sometimes withhold information in the hope of beating detectives to solving a case.






37. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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







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