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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. Individuals have the right to live in their homes peacefully and not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures by virtue of the ___ amendment.






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Prospective police officers are trained at police _________ - with the average pre-service training program lasting about 1000 hours.






19. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






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






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






22. 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.






23. In the 1950s training for police officers consisted mainly of firearm skill development but over the years - classroom training has emphasized criminal __________.






24. 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.






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. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.






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






28. 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 ________.






29. Parens patriae is Latin for 'the ______ as parent'.






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. The role of the ___ is to investigate breaches of federal criminal law - to protect the country from foreign counterintelligence and terrorist activities and to provide law enforcement assistance to other agencies.






34. 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.






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






36. 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 __________.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Wilson and Kelling believed that the broken window symbolized a deteriorating neighborhood and not repaired led to the eventual decline of an area - thereby encouraging criminal _________.






41. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






42. The drawbacks of the administrative rule-making route are that they can never cover every conceivable situation; it may promote lying - avoidance - confusion and a negative ________ from officers.






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






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






45. This means that the court releases the suspect into their own custody or into the care of another. This occurs where the suspect poses a low flight risk and is not __________ to the community.






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






47. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






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






49. 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.






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