Exam 5: Police

Police operational units typically include patrol, investigation, traffic, vice, and juvenile units.

The next era of policing will likely be focused on ____________________.

Which function of policing do you think is most likely to help reduce crime? Provide some examples to support your position.  .

How can advancements in technologies for both citizens and the police assist police?

The ________ function is a broad mandate to prevent behavior that either disturbs or threatens to disturb the peace or involves face-to-face conflict among two or more people.

The United States has no national police force.

Law enforcement agencies that serve colleges and universities include

Special jurisdiction agencies are essentially a system of small police departments, with their particular jurisdiction in mind.

Which of the following is not a factor of police discretion?

The ____________________ is responsible for law enforcement in counties of the United States.

The theory that "little problems" can lead to larger crime problems for neighborhoods is called ____________________.

The historical period of policing known as the political era occurred between

The _________ function applies to situations in which the law has been violated and the offender needs to be identified or located and then apprehended.

Budget cuts had a negative impact on evidence-based policing.

During the professional policing era, the Progressives were mainly upper-middle-class educated Americans.

Explain the duties and priorities of the FBI before and since 9/11 .

The police system of the national government of France is more centralized than its counterpart in the United States.

Sarah is the responding officer at a domestic violence call.  Upon arrival she is informed by the female of the home that her ex-husband has violated a protective order and entered her home.  He held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her if she did not allow him to move back into the home with her.  There are two children in the home, and the suspect has left the scene.  This is the fourth time Sarah has responded to this call in the last 2 months. Sarah must determine how to apply the law to this domestic call.   Should she refer the woman to a social service agency or should she actively look for the suspect who violated the protection order?  Trying to make the proper decision in this situation is known as 

Adrian has worked for two different municipal police department in the course of his career due to a career move his wife made, which forced Adrian to move to a new state.  Adrian worked for the first department for 10 years.  He enjoyed his position very much.  He felt very comfortable with his sergeant all they way up to the chief.  They ran a very professional department and executed many arrests for misdemeanors and traffic violations.  When Adrian switched to the department in his new state, he noticed a very different style of policing.  He was working in a nice suburban area, which required him to answer calls that, he felt, were more social-service-type calls.  This new department forced him to develop a new style of policing. Adrian mentions how he felt comfortable with his supervisors from the lowest rung to the highest rung.  This is known as the