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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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






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






3. 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.






4. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






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






6. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. This occurs where criminal and non-criminal actions are used by an officer in the course of his/her working activities or committed when pretending it is within his/her ___________ police authority. An example is sleeping on the job or a racial slur






18. The 3 purposes of patrol are to deter crime - increase feelings of public ________ and prepare officers for service through effective dispersal in the neighborhood.






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. This was the only way they could ________ themselves and their property from the bandits. They did try to apply the accepted standards of decency of the day to their actions.






26. This is the definition of bail. If the suspect fails to appear for the next court hearing - then the money or property pledged may be __________.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






32. The CIA has operations officers and recruits ________ agents as part of their intelligence activities and this may involve covert operations.






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. The role of the police academy is to provide formal training - root out ___________ recruits and immerse the trainees in the police subculture.






41. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.






42. 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.






43. 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 __________.






44. Good faith means that when the police act with the honest belief that they are following proper rules. According to the ruling in US v. Leon - when officers have acted in good faith reliance on a warrant - the evidence will not be excluded even if th






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






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






47. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






48. 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.






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






50. Police subculture is determined by the potential of ______ and because of this they stereotype certain categories of persons - such as low-income males - as possible threats.







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