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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






15. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






16. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.






17. 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.






18. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Research into police work and activities conducted between the 1950s and 1970s concluded that police-community relations were very ____ and officers regularly breached legal rules






33. 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






34. 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 _






35. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






36. 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.






37. 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 __________.






38. 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






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






40. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






50. 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.