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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. In 2001 - the US Supreme Court held in Atwater v. Lago Vista that the 4th amendment did not ________ warrantless arrests for minor offenses.






2. 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.






3. 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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






12. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






13. 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.






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






15. Various studies have shown that these pursuits have between an 18% to 33% chance of resulting in an accident. As a consequence - many departments have a restrictive - discouraging or discretionary _______ regarding high-speed pursuits for officers to






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. In 1837 - the slave patrol consisted of about 100 officers and they were responsible for finding ________ slaves and ensuring that they were well-behaved.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. In this case - the police applied for and obtained a search warrant from a magistrate for the Defendant's homes. Drugs were found there and the Defendant convicted. He appealed on the grounds that the original affidavit drawn up to obtain the search






25. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. When the offender was apprehended by the posse - trials were rarely held and public __________ were held to dispense justice.






31. This may also be called '________ officer.' The investigative nature of their jobs has resulted in their classification as a local law enforcement agency.






32. 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 __________.






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. J Edgar ______ - the Director of the FBI in the 1930s had a critical impact on local policing in setting educational and training models for officers - the development of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the establishment of the FBI crime lab.






38. This is one of the main functions of the police academy and ensures that unsuitable recruits do not make it as officers. About 10% of recruits do not _________ from the academy.






39. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






40. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






41. 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.






42. 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 ______.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






47. It can be argued that __________ officers possess an additional skill and therefore the extra pay can be justified on those grounds.






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






49. 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.






50. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.