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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. 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.






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






3. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.






8. 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






9. 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 __________.






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






11. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






18. 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.






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. 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






21. This is due to the dominance of the local political structure by ______ persons. Detroit has had a black mayor since 1973 and the police force is dominated by black persons. Thus - the black community can better relate with their local police






22. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






23. 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






24. According to the doctrine of ______ patriae - the state has a duty to care for children who are neglected or delinquent - and to assume the role of parent if necessary.






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






26. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.






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






33. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. It can be argued that __________ officers possess an additional skill and therefore the extra pay can be justified on those grounds.






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






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






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






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






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