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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. The first ___ amendments to the Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. They were created to restrict government actions against the individual.






2. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






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






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






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






6. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






7. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.






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






20. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






21. 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.






22. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






23. This was the bright-line rule (one that can ______ be crossed) that emerged from this case.






24. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






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






26. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






27. 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.






28. 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 _______.






29. 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






30. J Edgar ______ - the Director of the FBI in the 1930s had a critical impact on local policing in setting educational and training models for officers - the development of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the establishment of the FBI crime lab.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






40. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






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






42. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






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






44. 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.






45. The CIA is divided into 3 ____________ and 5 mission support offices (MSOs).






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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







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