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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

Subjects : dsst, law-enforcement
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is the venue for police training and the value of training has experienced a dramatic _________ in status since its inception.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. The Defendant was _________ arrested in his office - which consisted of a single room. The search was valid and reasonable given the circumstances of the arrest and small space of the area he was arrested in.






8. 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.






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






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






11. Incapacitation refers to the act of confinement so that the offender is restrained from committing the crime again whereas the deterrence has the overall aim of crime __________.






12. 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.






13. The controversial 'broken window' theory made the connection between disorder - neighborhood decay and _____.






14. 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.






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






16. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






23. Wilson believed in the necessity to continue and encourage _____________________ within the police force. He was the chief of police in Wichita from 1928 to 1935 - the Dean of Criminology at the University of California from 1950 to 1960 and the supe






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






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






37. 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.






38. There is usually a degree of competition between detectives and _______ officers. The latter sometimes withhold information in the hope of beating detectives to solving a case.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is an annualized report published by the ___ that states the statistical rate of reported crime in the US based on data from police reports.






48. 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.






49. 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.






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