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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. Generally - surveys have revealed that ________ people tend to be more dissatisfied with the police than older persons. Some youths seem to believe that the police target them simply because they are young and think that all teenagers are up to no go






9. 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.






10. The written policies method is called '________________ rule-making' and it is presently the most popular method of controlling discretion.






11. Between the data in the UCR and NCVS - most experts tend to prefer the ____.






12. The Hispanic community is growing faster than expected and therefore police departments should take steps to hire more Hispanic officers through active recruitment processes and offering incentive ___ for bilingual officers.






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






14. Organized law enforcement in Britain can be traced back to 1200 AD when identified law breakers were pursued by a _____ led by the shire reeve or mounted officer.






15. This occurs where criminal and non-criminal actions are used by an officer in the course of his/her working activities or committed when pretending it is within his/her ___________ police authority. An example is sleeping on the job or a racial slur






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






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






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






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






21. 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 ______.






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






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






24. When it comes to prostitution - low-level street-walking is usually tolerated so that the role of the police is normally ___________ and maintaining the peace.






25. 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






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






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






28. One of the major problems facing patrol officers is high-speed pursuits is a high ________ rate.






29. 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 __________.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. The evidence had to be plainly in sight and even though the officers may have concluded that some items may have been located behind the ceiling panel; it was not in plain view and hence was ______________ as evidence. Furthermore - the officers are






35. 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.






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






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






38. It is believed that the average citizen plays a vital part in the ________________ of officers.






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






40. 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






41. 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 _






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






44. Affirmative action is mandated by a Presidential _________ Order in 1965 - so that all private employers and government agencies who receive federal monies have to develop written affirmative action plans.






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






46. Due to an increase in _________ and disorder by citizens - officers turned to weaponry to protect themselves.






47. 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






48. The ________ stage of SARA refers to the creation of strategies based on the analyzed data to deal with the problem whereas the assessment stage requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of the response.






49. The _________ Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)is the term coined for this annual study.






50. 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.