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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. The UCR statistics are used to create the FBI Crime Clock which creates a picture of crime _________ in the US.






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






3. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






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 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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






11. 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.






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






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






14. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






15. 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.






16. 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






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






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






19. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






20. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






21. 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.






22. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






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






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






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






26. Domestic disturbances may be fuelled by alcohol and drug abuse - financial difficulties or many other reasons that are beyond the ________ of the officers.






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






28. The rise of police professionalism and reform was spearheaded by August _______ who served as the chief of police in Berkeley - California from 1905 to 1932.






29. 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






30. 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.






31. These experts contend that officers do not have the authority to subvert the criminal law. Some states have criminalized the failure of criminal justice officials who turn a ______ eye to enforcement.






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






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






39. 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.






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






41. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






47. 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.






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






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






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