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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. They believe that _____-reporting provides more accurate information than police reports.






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. Patrol is meant to reassure citizens that their environment is _____ and protected from crime.






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






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






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






20. Tensions between the police and racial minorities continue despite the many advances made since the 1960s; major complaints are still made regularly and these include use of excessive force and ______ profiling.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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






24. The ATF was previously an organization within the Department of the Treasury but since 24th January 2003 - their agency was transferred to the Department of _______.






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






26. The UCR statistics are used to create the FBI Crime Clock which creates a picture of crime _________ in the US.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






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. Some police departments may have a separate detective unit with further specialized units such as homicide and vice. ________ ones will have a single department to handle all cases or no department at all.






36. 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






37. Generally - surveys have revealed that ________ people tend to be more dissatisfied with the police than older persons. Some youths seem to believe that the police target them simply because they are young and think that all teenagers are up to no go






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. The NCVS Survey is a yearly study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of specific households to determine the level of criminal _____________ - particularly unreported victimization - in the US.






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






43. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






44. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






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






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






47. 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 __________.






48. 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.






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






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