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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A centralized state-level agency - which merges patrol with ______________ will usually assist in local criminal investigations when asked - patrol the state's highways - operate identification bureaus - manage criminal records and provide training t






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Upon conviction - the defendant is punished through a sentence passed by the judge and if convicted of more than one crime - then may be subject to a ___________ or concurrent sentence.






9. There are around _____ federal - state and local law enforcement agencies in the US.






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






20. The police receive a sizeable number of calls about ________ ill persons and in exercising their discretion these matters are normally dealt with through arrest - hospitalization or informal disposition.






21. This was the ruling of the court. Many commentators were surprised but the court decided that although arrest for trivial offences (in this case a seat belt violation) may be embarrassing - it was not so extraordinary as to breach the ____ amendment






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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 _______.






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






33. 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.






34. In serious cases - this may be the outcome. However - hospital care for the mentally ill is very disjointed and it may be difficult to hospitalize a person without their ________. Also - these hospitals or shelters may refuse to admit these patients.






35. 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 _






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.