Which of the following is not considered when selecting police applicants?
a. education
b. physical abilities
c. vision
d. criminal history of parents
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and
seizures?
a. First
b. Fourth
c. Fifth
d. Sixth
The first use of the polygraph was by the Berkeley, California, police department in the
late 1970s.
a. True
b. False
Which agency is responsible for providing efficient immigration services and easing the
transition of immigrants to permanent residence and, finally, American citizenship?
a. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
b. U.S. Secret Service
c. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
d. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Which of the following is an example of police corruption?
a. A police officer receives $15 from a driver for not giving him or her a summons for
speeding.
b. A police officer receives sexual favors from a driver for not giving him or her a
summons for speeding.
c. An off-duty police officer escorts a drug dealer as he or she delivers illegal drugs to
customers and receives $100 per delivery.
d. all of these choices.
The largest local police department in the United States is in:
a. Dallas.
b. Houston.
c. Los Angeles.
d. New York City.
The strong bonding that occurs among police officers places the highest value on the
obligation to back up and support a fellow officer.
a. True
b. False
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. This commission was known as the:
a. Wickersham Commission.
b. Kefauver Commission.
c. Crime Commission.
d. Kerner Commission.
Decoy operations are most effective in detecting and arresting all of the following
except:
a. robbers
b. purse snatchers
c. persons committing larcenies from autos
d. murderers
The U.S. Department of Defense is the primary legal and prosecutorial arm of the U.S.
government.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is a violation of the Miranda ruling?
a. tape-recording unknowing suspects who were placed alone in a patrol car under
arrest
b. using a jail informant to report what a suspect tells him or her
c. placing a tape recorder in an interrogation room while leaving the suspect alone
d. directly questioning the suspect about the crime while in a patrol car and en route to
the jail
Regarding arrests and the police screening process, most departments reject applicants
with:
a. an adult or juvenile felony conviction.
b. an adult or juvenile misdemeanor conviction.
c. adult felony arrests.
d. juvenile felony arrests.
Critics of affirmative action argue that it is unfair to select police officers based on their
race or gender even though such a practice does not actually violate the 1964 Civil
Rights Act.
a. True
b. False
The stress affecting police officers rarely affects their families.
a. True
b. False
In recent years, there has been a decrease in the use of multiagency investigative task
forces.
a. True
b. False
Most police patrol time is spent:
a. as uncommitted time.
b. as committed time.
c. responding to calls for service.
d. responding to dispatch.
Problem-oriented policing involves officers dealing with the:
a. underlying causes of incidents.
b. things as they are before them.
c. community pressures.
d. management priorities.
In Missouri v. Seibert, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the approach used by the
investigators encouraged a violation of Miranda.
a. True
b. False
The police identification process that involves bringing a suspect back to the scene of
the crime or another place (for example, a hospital where an injured victim is) where
the suspect can be seen and possibly identified by a victim or witness of a crime is
called a:
a. showup.
b. showdown.
c. line array.
d. lineup.
The largest Indian law enforcement agency is:
a. Comanche nation.
b. Apache nation.
c. Navajo nation.
d. Oglala Sioux tribe.
Police departments do not address workplace dating because of privacy concerns.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is nota reason for the recent disappearance of institutional
discrimination against African Americans in police departments, according to Stephen
Leinen?
a. legal events of the civil rights era
b. the urban riots of the 1960s
c. efforts of black police officer organizations
d. social and political events of the civil rights era
Those systems that provide information needed for supervisory, allocation, strategic,
tactical, policy, and administrative decisions are:
a. administrative information systems.
b. integrative information systems.
c. automated administrative systems.
d. management information systems.
The 911 emergency telephone number system was introduced by AT&T in:
a. 1968
b. 1945
c. 1973
d. 1986
Among local law enforcement agencies in 2007, the percentage of officers employed by
a department with some type of college requirement was ____________________
percent.
a. 29
b. 32
c. 18
d. 41
The civil service system was created by the:
a. Pendleton Act.
b. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
c. Fourteenth Amendment.
d. Civil Service Act of 1911.
The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals
recommended that ____________________ should be directed to conduct thorough
preliminary investigations.
a. detectives
b. supervisors
c. nonsworn personnel
d. patrol officers
____________________ patrol is a solution to the problem of directed patrol units
often getting interrupted by calls for service, which can affect the performance of their
assignments.
a. Routine
b. Task force
c. Split-force
d. Foot
Police officers who are assigned to internal affairs divisions are highly respected by
other police officers in a department.
a. True
b. False
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) is maintained by DHS.
a. True
b. False
Eric Robert Rudolph was arrested and charged with the bombing that occurred in
Centennial Olympic Park at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
a. True
b. False
A specific type of saturation patrol is a crackdown, which generally targets a specific
violation of the law, such as a traffic violation.
a. True
b. False
Noble cause corruption is also known as:
a. Dirty Harry syndrome.
b. blue line crossing.
c. blue corruption.
d. meat-eating.
According to the Department of Justice, the most common disposition of the 26,000
complaints of excessive force against officers was:
a. the complaints were unfounded.
b. the officers were exonerated.
c. the complaints were sustained and the officers were disciplined.
d. the investigation turned up insufficient evidence to prove the allegation.
What is emotional intelligence and do you believe that emotional intelligence is
important and necessary for the law enforcement officer today? Why or why not?
Answer:Answer varies.
Explain the pros and cons that police officer applicants should be required to have a
college degree.
Answer:Answer varies.
Explain the innovative approach to law enforcement by using joint federal and local
task forces.
Answer:Answer varies.
The number of officers or subordinates that a supervisor can supervise effectively is
called the span of control. Most police management experts say the chain of command
should be 1 supervisor to every 6 to 10 officers of lower rank. What are some factors
that may limit the number of employees a supervisor can manage?
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
List and discuss the basic differences between the crime-fighting role and the
order-maintenance role of the police? Which role do you believe the police should
emphasize and why?
Answer:Answer varies.
A __________ is an organization composed of individuals from various federal, state,
county, and municipal law enforcement agencies in an area through which these
individuals facilitate the gathering and sharing of intelligence information and the
evaluation of this information.
List the major sections of a police crime lab and discuss the evidence each examines.
Answer:Answer varies.
Chain of command may be violated in two situations. They are __________ and
__________.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of less-than-lethal weapons in policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
Law enforcement has seen a trend toward ____________ of police services as a
cost-saving measure.
What are the three traditional methods that have been used to do police work in the
United States? What are some of the reasons that the effectiveness of these methods
began to be questioned?
Answer:Answer varies.
Arrests can be made with or without a .
Define problem-solving policing, and give three specific examples of actual
problem-solving policing programs.
Answer:Answer varies.
Identify the problems associated with stress as they relate to small-town policing.
Answer:Answer varies.
What is the police culture or subculture and how does it manifest itself?
Answer:Answer varies.
According to research cited in the text, how do the police actually spend their time at
work. Do you believe the way the police spend their time is the most productive and
why or why not?
Answer:Answer varies.
__________ is the process by which the actions of the police in such areas as arrests,
search and seizure, and custodial interrogation are reviewed by the court system to
ensure their constitutionality.
Discuss the advent of police paramilitary units (PPUs) and their effect on police work
and the public perception of police.
Answer:Answer varies.
Units within police departments that “police the police” are called __________.