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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






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






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






4. When an appellate court is asked to review a judgment - they may ______ it - require the lower court to set it aside or modify it.






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






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






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






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






10. Officers appointed to carry out investigative work are known as __________.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. Law enforcement in the US is extremely large and ___________ and hence this many agencies currently exist.






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






16. 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






17. 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 _______.






18. Officers are allocated to specific shifts and patrol areas based on _________ or using a rotation system.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






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






24. 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






25. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. There are over _____ sheriff's departments in the US.






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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