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DSST Introduction To Law Enforcement

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The professionalization movement started by Vollmer was nurtured by his prot






2. This is training in relation to _____________ rules and was spurred by the decisions of the US Supreme Court in the 1960s.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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 _______.






6. The rights of the accused (and of prisoners) have been defined mostly through the _______________'s interpretation of the Bill of Rights.






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






8. In dealing with federal criminal law enforcement - the duty of the FBI upon investigation is to gather evidence and perform personnel investigations - especially in major programs such as _________ crime and white-collar crime.






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead settled via a plea _______.






18. 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.






19. The first ___ amendments of the Constitution are commonly called the Bill of Rights and offer the individual considerable protection in the criminal justice system.






20. 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.






21. One of the most controversial incidents in recent American police history occurred in ___________ in 1991 when officers subdued Rodney King using considerable force; resulting in 2 criminal trials and a riot that seriously damaged PCR for several yea






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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 _________.






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Training is one of the roles a ______-level enforcement agency usually engages in.






30. 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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. A limited amount of streetwalking is tolerated if it is restricted to a particular part of town - usually a business district and it is not too ________.






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






38. 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.






39. 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 __________.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Campus police are a type of _______ district police force - and many of these larger forces have been state certified as law enforcement agencies with general arrest powers.






44. 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.






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






46. Police training programs do suffer from ___________ - particularly as important areas such as domestic violence - ethics and police discretion - which are not usually covered






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






48. 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.






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






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.