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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.
NCVS
Partnership
Highly
Fragmented
2. 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.
Posse
Executions
Enabled
17000
3. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.
Heart
Bargain
Lawfully
Leon
4. The next most critical factor that impacts on PCR after race and ethnicity is ___.
Communities
Response
Consent
Age
5. Campus police is probably the most important example of the special district police force. The also participate in the ____ program.
Breached
Previous
UCR
Covert
6. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).
Professionalization
Directorates
Disturbance
Technology
7. Research has revealed that in about 80% of such situations - no formal action - such as _______ was necessary.
Arrest
Communities
Blind
Mainstream
8. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.
Victimless
Technology
Bilingual
Seniority
9. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.
Education
Prevention
Reduced
Blind
10. The CIA also engages in ______ operations sanctioned by the President as part of their role in ensuring national security.
Covert
Effectiveness
Representation
Magistrate
11. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t
Highly
Communities
Racketeering
Investigations
12. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.
Mainstream
Occupational
3100
Patrol
13. 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.
Slow
Reverse
Previous
Weeks
14. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.
FBI
Reports
Self
Limitations
15. 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 __________.
Reverse
Policy
Increase
Forfeited
16. 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.
Professionalization
Escobedo
Age
Bribes
17. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.
Policy
Fragmented
Posse
Ten
18. 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
Attrition
17000
Prevention
Breached
19. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.
Racketeering
Due process
Special
Dangerous
20. 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.
Qualified
Written
Uphold
Response
21. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police
Prevention
Slave
Reverse
Valid
22. 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 ________.
Detectives
Racial
Feedback
Obvious
23. 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.
Due process
Special
Directorates
Rabinowitz
24. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.
Good-faith
Response
Seniority
Representation
25. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.
Special
Mainstream
Election
FBI
26. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.
Justice
Incidents
Writ
Compliance
27. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.
Detectives
Cooperation
Runaway
Black
28. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.
State
Illegal
Reaffirm
Increase
29. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.
Containment
Death
Copies
Subculture
30. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.
Bribes
Dangerous
Enforcement
Breached
31. The exclusionary rule was modified by the __________ exception in the US Supreme Court decision of US v. Leon (1984).
4th
Sober
Good-faith
Vollmer
32. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.
Parens
Administrative
Federal
Supervision
33. 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
4th
Professionalization
Pay
Attrition
34. This was the step taken in 1965 to remedy _________ discrimination.
Technology
Previous
Posse
Uphold
35. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.
Special
Professionalization
Classroom
Prevention
36. Their perception of the amount of danger faced in their jobs results in the development of constant __________ of people
Suspicion
Parens
Ten
Organized
37. 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.
Breached
Without
Violent
Security
38. 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.
Patrol
Reduced
Subculture
Magistrate
39. The CIA has operations officers and recruits ________ agents as part of their intelligence activities and this may involve covert operations.
Foreign
Prevention
Real problem
Effectiveness
40. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.
Pendleton
Slave
Prohibit
Posse
41. 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.
Drunk
Graduate
Illegally
Obvious
42. Racial profiling is the practice of stopping and or __________ a person not because of any suspected criminal activity but because of that person's race.
Searching
Annually
Special
Slow
43. 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.
Magistrate
Younger
Administrative
Organized
44. 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.
Executive
Writ
Policy
Posses
45. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot
Wilson
Classroom
Los Angeles
Mainstream
46. A warrant is a _____ issued by the court to justify the arrest of a suspect. It offers protection to the officer executing the warrant against damages; for example for wrongful arrest.
Directorates
Escobedo
Writ
Fragmented
47. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.
Attrition
Subculture
Blind
Sheriff
48. 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
Administrative
Consecutive
Policy
Partnership
49. Wilson and Kelling believed that the broken window symbolized a deteriorating neighborhood and not repaired led to the eventual decline of an area - thereby encouraging criminal _________.
Activity
Lawfully
Same time
Improperly
50. 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
Jury
Bargain
Community
Reduced