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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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Instructions:
  • 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. A concurrent sentence is one that is served at the __________ as another sentence.






3. 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.






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






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






6. Another word for uphold is _________. This is the result for most appellate court decisions whereby they confirm the decision of the lower court.






7. 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 __________.






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






9. 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






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






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






12. This is the way criminal trials are conducted in the US and it is governed by strict rules of __________.






13. The spoils system refers to firing supporters of the opponent and replacing them with one's own supporters upon ________.






14. The 911 communications center is the _____ of a modern police department.






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Under the ___ system - if last night Jim killed John - then set fire to a car and robbed an old lady - these multiple crimes would be recorded as a single incident.






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






22. 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.






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






24. The 3 CIA directorates are the directorate of Intelligence - directorate of Operations and the directorate of Science and ___________.






25. 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






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






27. 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.






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






29. _________ policing took off in the 1980s and 1990s - with the realization that the police could not fight crime on their own.






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. The Supreme Court created a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when police officers use search warrants (US v. ____ - 1984).






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






35. The UCR has a hierarchy rule whereby multiple types of incidents can only be recorded as 1 incident. This is a _________ of the system.






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






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






38. Domestic violence must be distinguished from a domestic ___________ in the sense that in the former a serious crime has been committed and so the officers can exercise their powers of arrest - if they choose to do so although research shows that offi






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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 ______.






49. 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






50. The nature of police work also promotes deviant activities because officers are often offered ______ - they are regularly unsupervised and so think they can get away with it and fed on a diet of illegality may succumb to criminality too.