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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. This is the term coined to describe this diagrammatic representation. It differentiates between ________ crimes such as murder and rape and property crime such as burglary and arson.






8. 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.






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






10. There was no __________ form of criminal justice law in those days. Guilt was assumed; the execution carried out and accepted by all as an act of retribution.






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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 ______.






29. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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 ________.






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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. 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.






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






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






48. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






49. 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






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