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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. 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.






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






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






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






5. When considering detective productivity and _____________ - more important than the number of arrests is the quality of those arrests.






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






7. 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.






8. The spoils system is greatly reduced in modern politics - though not entirely eliminated. Most ________ workers do not have to be concerned about losing their jobs when a new party takes office.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. The exclusionary rule relates to illegally seized evidence. In this case - the police searched and seized personal effects as well as incriminating evidence from the Defendant's house without a warrant. On the basis of this evidence - the Defendant w






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






16. Some legal experts believe that police discretion should be abolished because it is _______.






17. 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






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






19. Officers must file written _______ in certain circumstances when they exercise their discretion - for example when they fire their weapon and these reports must be reviewed by their superiors.






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






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






22. 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






23. ____ did not become regulated officer equipment until the late 19th Century.






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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 _






30. The ________ rule was further emphasized in Edwards v. Arizona (1981) - when the court prohibited investigators from continuing questioning once the suspect has requested an attorney.






31. This has resulted in an under ________________ of blacks - women and ethnic minorities in the police force.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. In this case - the Defendants were suspected of evading taxes but they refused to hand over their company books. An illegal search and seizure was performed and the books returned soon after - when the Defendant's lawyer objected. At the trial - the






36. 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.






37. 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






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






39. There is no _________ method of centralized policing in the US as police services are provided by the 4 levels of government which are the city - county - state and federal levels.






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






41. The FBI has the responsibility to investigate - analyze and neutralize any potential terrorist threats and to investigate and analyze terrorist __________ in the US.






42. 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.






43. This was the step taken in 1965 to remedy _________ discrimination.






44. 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.






45. Community policing is widely implemented in the US today but critics are concerned that the police role of crime control has been hijacked - the police are increasingly getting involved at a political level and ________________ will lead to the loss






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






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






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






49. 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.






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