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






2. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






7. This is the definition of bail. If the suspect fails to appear for the next court hearing - then the money or property pledged may be __________.






8. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






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






10. 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 _______.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






15. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






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






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Able-bodied men who could hear the commotion caused by the victim were obliged to form a posse and join the shire reeve (term from which ________ is derived) or mounted officer in pursuit of the offender.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






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






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






38. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






39. 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.






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






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






42. Some legal experts believe that police discretion should be abolished because it is _______.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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






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






48. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






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






50. 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.