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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






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






5. Decentralization means reduced _____________ of rank and file officers who have greater discretion in making decisions.






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Another source of PCR tension is discriminatory employment practices of the ______ force.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. There was no __________ form of criminal justice law in those days. Guilt was assumed; the execution carried out and accepted by all as an act of retribution.






21. 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.






22. The police ___________ of secrecy - public hostility and solidarity meant they were very isolated from the community - especially the black community.






23. 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.






24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






31. Where offenders are not captured red-handed - an arrest _______ issued by an officer of the court is required to supply the legal foundation for the act of detention.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






38. The exclusionary rule was extended by the US Supreme Court in the case of Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. US (1920) - which held that ______ of illegally seized evidence were inadmissible in court.






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






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






41. Public concern led to the start of the crackdown and this is viewed as an important police role but it is very difficult to spot the minority of drunk drivers amongst those who are ______.






42. 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 __________.






43. It is interesting to note that the city of Detroit is the only state in which blacks rate the police force more ______ than their white counterparts.






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Field training consists of practical on-the-job training with a __________ field training officer.






47. Deterrence prevents crime through using an example or threat of ___________ to persuade the public against committing the crime.






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






49. 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.






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







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