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Section 287 (g) of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act allows deputization of
local police officers to help enforce federal immigration laws.
______________ isa term popularized in the late 1990s to refer to police units
organized in a more militaristic manner (such as SWAT teams) with their primary
function to threaten or use force collectively.
Movies and television shows about the police emphasize the police crime-fighting role.
The taser is the most popularly approved nonlethal weapon.
The ability and opportunity to transfer from one police department to another is called
____________________.
The police officer, trooper, or deputy sheriff is the most important person in the police
organization.
According to research, red light cameras that target traffic violators seem to have no
effect on the occurrence of traffic violations at that location.
The U.S. Constitution does give the national government power over a limited number
of crimes.
Assaults on police officers most commonly involve _________________________.
____________________ is a crime prevention program in which neighbors are
supposed to watch over their blocks and alert the police to any suspicious or disorderly
behavior. It is also known as Crime Watch, Block Watch, or Community Alert.
The type of training that is used to update the skills and knowledge base of veteran
officers on a constant basis is called ____________________.
Handwriting analysis is performed by the ____________________ section of the crime
lab.
Using available scientific research on policing to implement crime-fighting strategies
and department policies is called ____________________.
In law enforcement, CAD stands for ____________________.
Some experts say that stress alone probably does not cause illness, but it contributes to
circumstances in which diseases may take hold and flourish.
The TSA conduct security inspections of all air passengers and air travel.
Basic ethics are the rather broad moral principles that govern all conduct, whereas
applied ethics focuses these broad principles upon specific applications.
Many small remote towns and villages cannot afford to hire local police officers and
often rely on state troopers based in areas far away.
Most police management experts say the span of control in a police department should
be one supervisor to every six to ten officers of a lower rank.
The Knapp Commission's report distinguished between two types of corrupt officers:
grass-eaters and dirt-eaters.
