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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. This was the bright-line rule (one that can ______ be crossed) that emerged from this case.






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






13. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. The local police cover a wide range of law enforcement agencies such as the municipal police - sheriff's departments - campus and _______ police.






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






21. 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






22. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






23. Apart from reducing crime - the mission of community policing is to _______ the trend of the negative public perception of the police






24. 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.






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






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






27. Since the 1980s - there have been some very public crackdowns on _____ driving but rates of this offence which creep down during the crackdown soon return to the original levels because the publicity forces a temporary change in behavior which is not






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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. The _________ Act passed by Congress in 1883 put an end to Andrew Jackson's 'spoils system -' and created a system of hiring government employees based on their qualifications.






33. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Some legal experts believe that police discretion should be abolished because it is _______.






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






46. 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






47. This is one of the reports produced by the FBI in its law _____________ role.






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






49. 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.






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