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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






6. The first landmark case that forms the foundation of the exclusionary rule is the US Supreme court decision of _____ v US (1914).






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






8. 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






9. 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 _________.






10. 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.






11. August Vollmer believed that policing standards needed to be improved and corruption stamped out. He advocated training and __________ for officers.






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






13. Officers appointed to carry out investigative work are known as __________.






14. 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.






15. Citizen ______ and vigilante groups were the main means of policing the frontier and well-known figures who took up this challenge in the 19th Century include Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp.






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. The most organized and distinctly American officer force was the _____ patrol based in Charleston - South Carolina.






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






22. 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 _






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. The 3 main approaches to controlling police discretion are removing it - improving the professional judgment of officers through better training and managing it through _______ policies.






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






31. A warrant is a _____ issued by the court to justify the arrest of a suspect. It offers protection to the officer executing the warrant against damages; for example for wrongful arrest.






32. 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.






33. Increasing ___________ and reducing competition between patrol officers and detectives as well as improving police-citizen relationships are 2 important methods of enhancing the quality of investigative work.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. By dealing with the underlying issues - for example mental health or financial service problems - then a solution may be found to get them off the street and back into a more ___________ existence.






42. 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.






43. 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






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






45. When a 911 call comes in - the operator answers it - makes a decision whether to send out a patrol car and then informs the dispatcher who then communicates the details to the ______ officer.






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






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






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






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






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