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DARE is a program aimed at:
a. senior citizens.
b. children.
c. Americans with physical disabilities.
d. all Americans.
In 2003, nearly all police departments had pursuit policies, and
____________________ percent of local police agencies had restrictive pursuit
policies.
a. 12
b. 16
c. 37
d. 61
A patrol officer should report to his or her immediate ____________________, unless
an emergency exists or speed is necessary.
a. department
b. sergeant
c. platoon
d. precinct
The police strike of 1919 occurred in:
a. New York.
b. Pittsburgh.
c. Chicago.
d. Boston.
When an officer transfers from one department to another, they can lose some or all of
their investment in their pension plans.
a. True
b. False
Police applicants must be at least 5 feet 8 inches tall to be selected for employment.
a. True
b. False
Automated fingerprint identification systems began to be developed in the 1980s.
a. True
b. False
The 193l National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement was more
popularly known as the:
a. Kerner Commission.
b. Volmer Commission.
c. Wickersham Commission.
d. Kefauver Commission.
What act was established with the goal of assisting local governments in reducing the
incidence of crime by increasing the effectiveness, fairness, and coordination of law
enforcement and the criminal justice system?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
c. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
d. Civil Rights Act of 1991
According to Herman Goldstein, traditional policing is:
a. incident driven.
b. community driven.
c. patrol driven.
d. service driven.
The 41st Precinct in the Bronx earned the nickname "The Alamo."
a. True
b. False
Of all the FBI Index crimes, the one that occurs most each year is:
a. theft/larceny.
b. motor vehicle theft.
c. burglary.
d. felonious assault.
The process of removing sworn officers from nonenforcement jobs and replacing them
by nonsworn personnel is called:
a. rationalization.
b. civilianization.
c. upgrading.
d. lateral transfer.
Federal law enforcement agents rarely succumb to the temptation of corruption or
misconduct.
a. True
b. False
A police officer can search without a warrant if consent is given by a person having
authority to give such consent.
a. True
b. False
Decoy operations are most effective for combating the crimes of robbery, purse
snatching, and other larcenies from the person; burglaries; and thefts of and from
automobiles.
a. True
b. False
The concept of the blue curtain was developed by Jerome Skolnick.
a. True
b. False
What stems from ends-oriented policing and involves police officers bending the rules
to achieve the "right" goal of putting a criminal in jail?
a. "rotten apple" corruption
b. biased-based policing
c. police deception
d. noble cause corruption
Men are the most common victims of domestic violence.
a. True
b. False
Thermal imaging detectors are used:
a. to measure skid marks at crash scenes.
b. for perimeter surveillance.
c. to locate fugitives and for search and rescue.
d. all of these choices
The independent body in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, that has authority to make binding
decisions on a wide range of policy issues, working conditions, and departmental
strategies is called a:
a. community review board.
b. community team.
c. leadership team.
d. police chief's administrative team.
The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States is popularly
known as the 9/11 Commission.
a. True
b. False
Marvin Wolfgang discovered that most predatory street crime in the United States is
committed by:
a. only a few criminals
b. convicted felons
c. sex offenders
d. individuals under the influence of drugs
Informal job actions by officers in which they refuse to perform certain job functions in
an attempt to win labor concessions from their employers are called:
a. blue flu.
b. sit-out.
c. blackout.
d. blue-out.
Community-oriented policing is an approach toward crime that addresses the
underlying causes of crime and endeavors to apply ____________________ problem
solving to the issue through improved police"community relationships.
a. rule-of-law
b. long-term
c. zero-tolerance
d. short-term
Most police contacts involve:
a. motor vehicle or traffic-related issues.
b. family violence.
c. arrests of offenders.
d. testifying in court.
The Guardian Angels group was formed by:
a. Curtis Sliwa.
b. Richard Hill.
c. Rick Patterson.
d. Logan Stout.
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report, Strengthening
Forensic Science in the
United States: A Path Forward. The report found serious problems with:
a. much of the evidence collected by patrol officers at crime scenes.
b. genetic profiling.
c. much of the work performed by crime laboratories in the United States.
d. expired certifications of forensic examiners.
Adverse impact or different rate of selection occurs when the selection rate for any
gender, race, or ethnic group is less than ____________________ percent of that for the
group with the highest selection rate.
a. 50
b. 60
c. 80
d. 90
The U.S. Supreme Court case Zinermon v. Burch dealt with:
a. the elderly.
b. juveniles.
c. the mentally ill.
d. female incarceration.
Which of the following has been proposed as a solution to police brutality?
a. improved training
b. better screening of applicants
c. citizen review
d. all of these choices
In the United States, law enforcement has developed over the years based on a
philosophy of local control.
a. True
b. False
The two basic types of decoy operations are __________ and __________.
Describe the methods used by women and other minorities to earn their proper place in
U.S. police departments.
Answer:Answer varies.
The Crime Index Offenses Cleared section of the UCR lists the for Index crimes.
James Q. Wilson has written, "The single most striking fact about the attitudes of
citizens, black and white, toward the police is that in general these attitudes are
__________."
Discuss how the war on terror has affected community policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
__________________ is the simultaneous expectation by white officers that
African-American officers will give members of their own race better treatment and
hostility that African-American officers receive from the African-American community
because they are perceived as traitors to their race.
Discuss the value of evidence-based policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in __________requires prosecutors to notify defense
attorneys whenever an officer involved in their case has a record of knowingly lying in
an official capacity.
prints are fingerprint impressions left at a crime scene.
__________ is the ability to interpret, understand, and manage one's own and others'
emotions.
Explain the gang problems that small-town police departments have to overcome.
Detail the strategies used to combat these problems.
Answer:Answer varies.
Define police brutality and give several recent examples of it.
Answer:Answer varies.
What are the major managerial concepts that must be considered when organizing a
police department by area?
Answer:Answer varies.
Another name for chain of command is __________.
Discuss the contributions of Herman Goldstein to the concept of problem-solving
policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
