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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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






4. In US v. __________ (1950) - the US Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search upon a lawful arrest was permitted as long as it was reasonable given the circumstances.






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






6. 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.






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






8. Domestic disturbances are a common order maintenance issue handled by the police but officers generally find them frustrating to handle because there is little that they can do about the _____ of the problem.






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






16. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Officers at the academy undergo _________ training and most academies also offer field training.






21. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. The next most critical factor that impacts on PCR after race and ethnicity is ___.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. The ________ stage of SARA refers to the creation of strategies based on the analyzed data to deal with the problem whereas the assessment stage requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of the response.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. This is to ensure that ___________ with the administrative rules is maintained.






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