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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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






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






3. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. The 1980s and 1990s saw the creation of _______ oversight of police groups to monitor or investigate complaints by individuals against police actions.






8. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. Ballistics is the scientific _________ of firearms - ammunition - projectiles - bombs and explosives.






14. A critical function that the police play in society is crime __________ and this role is primarily executed through routine patrolling.






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






16. 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.






17. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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 __________.






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






29. 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.






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






31. Bail describes the circumstance when suspects are released from custody but on condition that money or property is offered as __________ against flight.






32. 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






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






34. 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






35. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






36. 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.






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






38. 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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Officers are commonly offered bribes to let suspects go or to turn a blind eye to ________ activities.






43. 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






44. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. Prospective police officers are trained at police _________ - with the average pre-service training program lasting about 1000 hours.







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