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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Officers have very broad discretion - yet this subject is _______ taught or sufficiently taught to better aid the officers in making an appropriate decision.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. The courts of general jurisdiction utilize a fact-finding foundation known as the ___________ process which pits the State's interest - as represented by the prosecution against the Defendant's - as represented by defense counsel.






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. The assessment stage evaluates the response based on detailed _________ and surveys. The police are also encouraged to conduct a self-analysis to see if they identified the problem correctly in the first place and revise that response if needed.






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






26. 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.






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






28. In US v. Irizarry (1982) - the US Supreme Court held that evidence found above a ceiling panel that was out of place was _______ the scope of the plain-view doctrine






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






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






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






32. The number of homeless people in the US has spiraled upwards in the last 2 decades so that the function of the police in dealing with them is shifting from one of containment and peacekeeping to the delivery of proactive strategies to deal with the _






33. When called to attend to a non-crime incident - the police have to exercise discretion and can usually handle the situation _______ taking formal police action.






34. 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 _________.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






50. 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