Reference no: EM133391946

Question 1

Identify a true statement about the appointment of police officials in the United States?

Mayors appoint police chiefs.
The president of the United States appoints the head of state police agencies.
The Supreme Court directly appoints the directors of federal law enforcement agencies.
The vice president of the United States appoints county sheriffs.

Question 2

If police officers conduct stops, searches, and arrests based on the race and ethnicity of people, they are most likely violating the _____ of the U.S. Constitution?

Fifth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment

Question 3

De-escalation is the least useful when...?

Use of force is unnecessary.

Police officers outnumber the violators in an encounter.

There is a clear threat of a physical attack on a police officer.

Police officers adopt the military style of policing.

Question 4

The emphasis on crime fighting creates unrealistic public expectations about the ability of the police to?

Catch criminals and prevent crime.

Provide successful community policing.

Correct family problems and prevent domestic violence.

Reduce gang violence in major cities.

Question 5

The reality of policing is that the police play an extremely?

Civil role in society.

Adversarial role in working with juveniles.

Complex role by dealing with the social issues of crime.

Have virtually no role in interdicting drugs, which is mainly a federal responsibility.

Question 6

What is the community policing movement attempting to accomplish?

To reduce the overall crime rate.

To improve neighborhood conditions.

To restore and develop the citizen role as coproducers of police services.

To improve satisfaction with police services by reducing the response time to calls for service.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true about problem-oriented policing?

It is the least popular form of policing.

It involves aggregating multiple problems into a single problem.

It is a proactive approach of responding to crime and disorder.

It is ineffective in identifying recurring problems.

Question 8

Who among the following is known as the father of modern policing?

August Vollmer.

Darryl Gates.

Theodore Roosevelt.

Robert Peel.

Question 9

The policing strategy requiring police to develop partnerships with neighborhood residents, develop programs for specific problems, and lower decision-making in the police chain of command is known as _____.

prime target policing.

team policing.

neighborhood-oriented policing.

community policing.

Question 10

In the nineteenth century, the major component that influenced every aspect of American policing was _____.

politics.

incompetence.

minorities.

inefficiency.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true about the first American police officer who went out on patrol in 1838?

He had to go out on foot.

He had access to a two-way radio.

He had an extensive manual of policies and procedures.

He had received formal preservice training.

Question 12

Police officers began to carry _____ as standard equipment as crime and violence increased in the late 1800s.

batons.

vehicles.

firearms.

tactical training manuals.

Question 13

The great innovation of Robert Peel's new police, the London Metropolitan Police, was its mission of _____.

supervising elections.

firearms training.

crime prevention.

collecting taxes.

Question 14

Which of the following statements characterizes the professionalization movement of police reform through the 1960s?

The reformers sought to define policing as a profession.

The reformers sought to eliminate the influence of politics on policing.

The reformers argued in favor of hiring qualified chief executives to head police departments.

All of the answers are correct.

Question 15

Recruits study criminal law and procedure in detail in the police academy. Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases would they learn established that evidence gathered in an illegal search and seizure could not be used against the defendant?

Mapp v. Ohio.

Miranda v. Arizona.

Terry v. Ohio.

Gideon v. Wainwright.

Question 16

Which of the following levels of government holds the primary responsibility for police protection?

federal.

state.

local cities and counties.

corporations and non-profit organizations.

Question 17

There is no formal, centralized system for coordinating or regulating all of the different law enforcement agencies. This decentralization is known as?

fragmentation.

agglomerization.

industrial perspective.

dispersed employment.

Question 18

The standard measure for the level of police protection in a community, usually expressed as the number of sworn officers per thousand residents, is called?

community-police ratio.

police-population ratio.

police-protection ratio.

crime-police ratio.

Question 19

Which of the following is the most important feature of the law enforcement industry in the U.S.?

the absence of any oversight by government.

the tradition of local political control.

it must make a profit.

police officers must be re-elected every four years.

Question 20

Why are civilians often utilized in police work?

Civilians are less expensive than sworn officers.

Civilians implement community policing programs.

Police often feel that certain jobs should not be done by them.

It leads to improved community relations.