1. According to your text, which of the following statements best reflects current use of new technology in policing?
a. it is never a problem
b. police departments stand to gain very little from the use of new technology
c. new technology may raise issues regarding constitutional rights
d. police rarely use new technology
2. Police officers are expected to use what type of force?
a. corporal punishment
b. Discretionary
c. legitimate and reasonable
d. Military
3. According to your textbook, at least one study reflected that the single largest predictor of police use of force is
_________.
a. citizens disrespecting the police
b. citizens being intoxicated
c. citizens lying about their identity
d. use of force by suspects against police first
4. What United States Supreme Court case involved a ruling that police are not supposed to use deadly force in
apprehending unarmed fleeing felons?
a. Whren v. U.S. (1996)
b. Maryland v. Wilson (1997)
c. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
d. Graham v. Connor (1989)
5. The United States. Supreme Court ruled that police must use “objective reasonableness” in judging whether to use
deadly force in the case of
a. Whren v. U.S. (1996)
b. Maryland v. Wilson (1997)
c. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
d. Graham v. Connor (1989)
6. Officers who accept payoffs that happen to come their way are called
a. meat eaters
b. grass eaters
c. weed eaters
d. night eaters
7. Which of the following occurs when officers receive a cash “gift” from offenders in order for them to avoid
prosecution?
a. Bribery
b. Mooching
c. Chiseling
d. Extortion
8. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism used to control the police?
a. internal affairs investigators
b. personal resolutions
c. standards and accreditation
d. civil liability lawsuits
9. Holding police officers responsible for any unprofessional (or criminal) behavior is referred to as:
a. civil liability
b. statutory assessment
c. legislative occupation
d. civic accountability
10. Which of the following statements is FALSE about what police experience when working in internal affairs?
a. They serve for a set period of about seven years
b. They experience it as stressful work
c. They have difficulty maintaining relationships with other officers
d. they typically receive full cooperation from other officers
11. Which of the following is a mechanism used to control the police?
a. internal affairs investigators
b. civilian review boards
c. standards and accreditation
d. civil liability lawsuits
12. Which unit in a police department receives and investigates complaints against officers?
a. Vice
b. Citizens Review Committee
c. Internal Affairs
d. Ethics Violations Department
13. Which of the following is TRUE concerning internal affairs?
a. internal affairs maintains formal mechanisms for the public to register complaints
b. internal affairs never view complaints as attacks on the entire department
c. internal affairs usually focuses on grand corruption
d. it is difficult for internal affairs to get officers to provide information
14. What is the major argument made by police against police review boards?
a. they frequently find against officers, even if there is not sufficient evidence
b. civilians cannot understand the problems of policing
c. they should not have the power to investigate individual officers
d. only a few of the largest cities use review boards
15. Which of the following is TRUE concerning police accreditation?
a. it is mandatory for all police departments to follow nationally recognized standards
b. none of the police departments in the U.S. follow nationally recognized standards
c. it is voluntary whether all police departments follow nationally recognized standards
d. each police department has its own established standards
16. The Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits can be filed against individual officers and agencies when civil rights are
violated by the customs and usages of the department in
a. Whren v. U. S. (1996)
b. Maryland v. Wilson (1997)
c. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
d. Monell v. Department of Social Services for the City of New York (1978)
17. What is known about polygraph, or “lie detector” tests?
a. they are always accurate
b. they are unreliable
c. they are always inaccurate
d. police never use such tests
18. Which of the following is NOT one of the main forensic tools used by police?
a. fingerprints
b. blood
c. hair
d. genetic coding
19. The acronym CODIS stands for:
a. Collinear Debate in Serology
b. Creativity in Other Devices in Seriousness
c. Convictions of Deviants in Sentencing
d. Combined DNA Index System
20. Which of the following is TRUE about weapons technology?
a. there have been no new advances in weapons technology
b. police departments need to consider nonlethal weapons because departments have been sued over injuring or
killing suspects
c. new technologies in weaponry present no problems at all for police
d. police do not have nonlethal weapons currently available for use
21. Law enforcement officials used a thermal imaging device at a house to detect unusual heat sources that might
indicate marijuana being cultivated under “grow lights.” Their efforts led to a search of the home and the discovery
of 100 marijuana plants. The Supreme Court declared this an illegal search in
a. Kyllo v. United States (2001)
b. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
c. Graham v. Conner (1989)
d. Terry v. Ohio (1968)
e. Monell v. Dept. of Social Services for the City of New York (1978)
22. For purpose of apprehending criminal offenders, which of the following is TRUE concerning weapons technology?
a. The United States Supreme Court forbids the use of nonlethal weapons against suspected criminals
b. Nonlethal weapons cannot be used against prisoners
c. nonlethal weapons would most likely be used on suspects who might be harmful to themselves or others
d. nonlethal weapons are being developed for suspects who are not dangerous
23. Which of the following is considered new technology in weapons?
a. taser
b. handgun
c. DNA
d. flexible baton
24. Which of the following is TRUE about private policing?
a. It is a fairly recent development in policing
b. It developed because of a reduction in crime
c. It developed because police departments were not hiring
d. It developed over a long period of time
25. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rise in private policing?
a. budgetary constraints upon the states
b. fear of crime
c. increase in the supply of people wanting to become police officers
d. increase in crimes in the workplace
26. Which of the following is true about public police officers working for private firms?
a. Congress passed a law prohibiting it.
b. If they work for private firms they never retain their full powers as officers
c. With proper agreements within the police agency, officers may work for private firms and retain full officer
powers
d. police officers never work for private firms
27. Which model designed to manage off-duty employment of officers permits close control by police supervisors of the
off-duty work performed by their officers?
a. officer contract model
b. conflict of interest model
c. union brokerage model
d. department contract model
28. Which model lets officers contract independently with permission?
a. officer contract model
b. conflict of interest model
c. union brokerage model
d. department contract model
29. The advancement of new technologies in police work can be found in:
a. body armor
b. gun-shot detection
c. airport scanners
d. all of the above
30. ____________________ are officers who accept payoffs that circumstances of police work bring their way.
31. ____________________ aggressively misuse their power for personal gain.
32. The _____________________ was passed after the attacks on September 11, 2001 increased governmental
power to search and surveil those suspected of committing terrorism.
33. If a police officer demands that a business purchase tickets to a police function, this is called
____________________.
34. An officer who lies, under oath, in order to provide an alibi for a fellow officer engaged in illegal activity, is guilty of
____________________.
35. ____________________ units receive and investigate complaints against officers.
36. A group of citizens that investigates behavior by police officers or a police department is known as a
____________________.
37. Lawsuits brought by citizens against police are known as ____________________ suits.
38. ________ _________ is used to determine an individual’s genetic fingerprint.
39. ____________________-recognition technology is a technique that examines the interior of the eye and matches
its unique characteristics with information in a database.
40. Pepper spray and nightsticks are considered types of ____________________ weapons.
41. Since September 11, 2001, American police have increasingly focused their activities on
____________________.
42. The ____________________ involves the department paying an officer for off-duty work.
43. The ____________________ lets officers contract independently with permission.
44. Many citizens perceive that much of police misconduct may be hidden from public view.
a. True
b. False
45. Police can never use deadly force.
a. True
b. False
46. Police have not developed new weapons in over fifty years.
a. True
b. False
47. Young African-American men are the most likely people to be killed by police.
a. True
b. False
48. The “rotten apple” theory explains nearly all police corruption.
a. True
b. False
49. The job of controlling police misbehavior is often left to the internal control of the police department.
a. True
b. False
50. The techniques used to control police are adequate to prevent misconduct from occurring again.
a. True
b. False
51. Internal affairs maintains a formal process for citizens to file complaints.
a. True
b. False
52. According to your text, Internal affairs is a stressful job.
a. True
b. False
53. Deadly force was used in the Edward Garner case .
a. True
b. False
54. American citizens have always had the right to sue police departments for misconduct.
a. True
b. False
55. New technology in policing is always reliable.
a. True
b. False