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Community Policing
1.) The first substantive reform in the American police institution since it embraced the professional reform model nearly a century ago is?
A. Problem oriented policing
B. Computer aided dispatch
C. "Compstat"
D. Community policing
2.) Community policing broadens the "police mission" from law enforcement and crime control to include and address all of the following except?
A. Fear of crime
B. Perceptions of disorder
C. Relaxation of punishment for serious crime
D. Neighborhood conditions
3.) How does community policing expand the police mission?
A. It empowers the community rather than dictating to them
B. It dictates to the community how things will be handled
C. It enforces all laws equally in all neighborhoods
D. It distances officers from interfering with neighborhood interests
4.) Which federal government action prompted the growth of community policing by making provisions for hiring 100,000 new community policing officers nationwide?
A. Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965
B. Safe Streets Act of 1968
C. Terry v. Ohio case 1968
D. Violent Crime Control; Law Enforcement Act of 1994
5.) Community policing embodies an organizational strategy that allows police departments to reorient patrol and allow officers to work more closely with people and their problems. To do this police departments must be more responsive to the community by?
A. Centralizing services
B. Decentralizing services
C. Expanding services
D. Economizing services
6.) Community policing allows for officers to walk around the beat or use several other modes of transportation. Which of the following transportation modes is not considered "optimal" for community policing purposes?
A. Horse patrol
B. Motor scooter
C. Bicycle
D. Patrol car
7.) Community policing can best be described as?
A. Soft on crime
B. Public relations
C. Egalitarian
D. Another name for social work
8.) Which of the following is not a required for a community policing officer to work closely with the people and their problems?
A. To be responsible for a specific geographic area and assignments
B. To work as a specialist with expertise in specific areas of crime
C. Enlisting people in the process of policing and improving the quality of life
D. Becoming an "ombudsman" for the community
9.) A policing philosophy that is that identifies social problems and holds the police solely accountable and responsible for addressing these concerns?
A. Problem oriented policing
B. Traditional policing
C. Zero tolerance policing
D. Community policing
10.) A policing philosophy that recognizes that the police alone cannot solve neighborhood problems and that community involvement is necessary to bring about change?
A. Problem oriented policing
B. Traditional policing
C. Zero tolerance policing
D. Community policing
Attachment:- Community Policing Today.rar