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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. 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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






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






8. This occurs where criminal and non-criminal actions are used by an officer in the course of his/her working activities or committed when pretending it is within his/her ___________ police authority. An example is sleeping on the job or a racial slur






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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 ________.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. This is widely recognized as a police role - though they do share the burden with other institutions such as schools and _____________.






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






33. The public perception of the police is of a distant and alienated law enforcement unit. Through community policing - police-community relations should ________ as the public have a greater stake and say in their problems and needs.






34. 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.






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






36. This has resulted in an under ________________ of blacks - women and ethnic minorities in the police force.






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. This is the way criminal trials are conducted in the US and it is governed by strict rules of __________.






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






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