Jerome Skolnick wrote that police deception usually occurs at three stages of the police
detection process. Which of the following is not one of those stages?
a. investigation
b. arrest
c. interrogation
d. testimony in court
Most police departments, particularly large departments, are governed by civil service
regulations.
a. True
b. False
Officers may be subject to federal liability under the following:
a. U.S. Code Title 42 Section 1199.
b. U.S. Code Title 42 Section 1983.
c. U.S. Code Title 42 Section 2315.
d. U.S. Code Title 42 Section 1700.
The Knapp Commission was a(n) ____________________ commission.
a. international
b. federal
c. state
d. local
The first scientist to use DNA profiling in a criminal case was:
a. Alec Jeffreys.
b. Joseph Wambaugh.
c. Barry Scheck.
d. Gerald Sheindlin.
Researchers estimate that ____________________ percent of all police officers have
alcohol problems.
a. less than 5
b. 10 to 15
c. 20 to 30
d. over 50
In a nationwide poll asking people how much confidence they have in the police, 56
percent answered:
a. a great deal.
b. some.
c. very little.
d. none.
Research during the past 20 years has pointed out that we can depend on television
portrayals for realistic examples of police work.
a. True
b. False
A well-rounded chaplain program will attempt to have representatives from _____
religious groups.
a. all local
b. Christian
c. two main
d. nondenominational
Elaine Cumming and her colleagues reported that the ordinary work routines of police
officers include mostly law enforcement activities and very few other activities.
a. True
b. False
Which New York City police officer’s tales of corruption led to the Knapp
Commission?
a. David Owens
b. Whitman Knapp
c. Frank Serpico
d. Julius LaRosa
_______________ discrimination is the indirect result of policies or practices that are
not intended to discriminate but do, in fact, discriminate.
a. De facto
b. By-product
c. Reverse
d. Circumlocutory
____________________ agencies tend to lead the way with the employment of Asian
Americans in law enforcement.
a. Texas
b. California
c. New York
d. Arizona
Programs concentrating investigative resources on career criminals are called:
a. targeting programs.
b. proactive programs.
c. repeat offender programs.
d. anti”career criminal programs.
What was the end result of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (a Harvard University
scholar) by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, police sergeant?
a. The police sergeant was convicted of a civil rights violation.
b. Gates was convicted of burglary.
c. Both Gates and the police sergeant were convicted of state crimes.
d. The charges were dropped against Gates and a meeting took place between the
sergeant, the president of the United States, and Gates.
The U.S. law enforcement industry is predominantly state oriented.
a. True
b. False
The Knapp Commission was created:
a. because an incident in which police used excessive force was caught on tape.
b. in response to a series of articles in the New York Times detailing widespread
corruption.
c. after a city councilperson’s son was illegally detained and searched.
d. due to a political mandate by a newly elected governor.
What is used in the examination of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin?
a. serology
b. criminalistics
c. chemistry
d. document analysis
The U.S. Supreme Court has made a significant impact on the way police do their job
through its policy of:
a. judicial review.
b. probable cause.
c. third-degree tactics.
d. silver platter doctrine.
When Mark Willman and John Snortum duplicated the Rand and PERF findings in a
study of detective work in 1984, they found that in cases reported to a suburban police
department, most cases that were solved when:
a. the victim identified the perpetrator in a photo line-up
b. the perpetrator was identified as a “person of interest”
c. the perpetrator confessed
d. the perpetrator was identified at the scene of the crime
Recently, social media has played a valuable role in the crime fight as well as _____
between the police departments and their clients.
a. catching criminals
b. crime suppression programs
c. government intrusion
d. building relationships
Federal law requires police officers to investigate the immigration status of suspects on
all calls and to report persons who are in this country illegally.
a. True
b. False
__________ is a method of deploying police officers that gives them responsibility for
all policing activity by requiring them to walk around a defined geographic area.
The Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) is part of the
____________________.
a. NIJ.
b. FBI.
c. president’s cabinet.
d. Chicago Police Department.
Nearly all police departments have a written policy on pursuit driving, and 60 percent
restrict vehicle pursuits according to specific criteria.
a. True
b. False
In a suicide by cop situation, the only victim is the suspect that has been shot by the
officer.
a. True
b. False
What was the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano?
a. The city’s decision to invalidate the promotion test violated Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
b. The city did not violate any constitutional protections.
c. The city approved an invalid test due to disparate impact, so the court reversed the
decision of the district court.
d. The city was in violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 for
discriminating against African-American employees who took the promotion exam.
The longer officers are in their profession, the more hostile they become.
a. True
b. False
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
recommended that detectives should be assigned only to preliminary investigations of:
a. misdemeanors.
b. crimes of violence.
c. very serious or complex preliminary investigations.
d. all of these choices.
What position is considered a “learning position” for potential police candidates while
they are pursuing their education?
a. police dispatcher
b. police cadet
c. public service attendant
d. community service attendant