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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






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






7. 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.






8. Research showed that patrol was of little deterrence and speedier response times did not increase the arrest rate nor assisted in the solving of crimes. Community policing is meant to create a _____________ between police and community to develop pro






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






10. Public concern led to the start of the crackdown and this is viewed as an important police role but it is very difficult to spot the minority of drunk drivers amongst those who are ______.






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. The Defendant was _________ arrested in his office - which consisted of a single room. The search was valid and reasonable given the circumstances of the arrest and small space of the area he was arrested in.






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






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






17. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






18. 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






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






20. 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 __________.






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






22. 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.






23. The office of coroner is considered a local law enforcement agency because they determine the cause of _____ of victims and perpetrators in criminal cases.






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






25. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






26. 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.






27. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






28. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






29. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






31. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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