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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






6. In order to police __________ crimes - officers generally have to resort to undercover work.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Some departments allow for bidding of new patrol areas once or twice _________.






13. Criminalistics relies on __________ to analyze firearms and munitions as well as various forensic techniques to determine issues such as time of death.






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






15. 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.






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






17. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.






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






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






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






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






22. 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 __________.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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 _






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. A warrant is a _____ issued by the court to justify the arrest of a suspect. It offers protection to the officer executing the warrant against damages; for example for wrongful arrest.






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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






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