Exam 4: Law Enforcement Today

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The police responsibility of "preserving the peace" is strongly related to_________ ​

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Women represent more than half of all police officers. ​

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What are the twomain components of police officer training in the United States? ​

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Discuss the benefits of a diverse police force. ​

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The law enforcement goal of "preserving the peace" is highly related tothe goal of "preventing crime." ​

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The federal agency that patrols the borders of the continental United States toensure that immigrants donot enter the country illegally is known as ___________ ​

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________is the process by which law enforcement agencies develop a pool of qualified applicants. ​

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What type of policing relies on data concerning past crime patterns topredict future crime patterns? ​

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The Drug Enforcement Administration is housed in the ___________ ​

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As police chief of your suburban town of 75,000 residents, you have noticed an increase of drug activity in three specific neighborhoods, one of which is less than a quarter mile from a local middle school. After countless complaints from concerned citizens, including the principal of the middle school, you must now determine how you are going todeal with the immediate problem. However, your enforcement budget has been exceedingly cut by the local city council which has taken away your ability todoenhanced patrols in these three hot spots, since it would leave other areas open for possible criminal activity as well. At present, you only have 30 full time officers tasked with patrolling a 50 square mile area, with noovertime budget. How will you attempt todeal with this immediate concern without leaving certain areas of your city unmanned and with your tight budget? Please explain your plan.

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Explain the patronage system and discuss how it impacted policing. ​

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________ is the hiring or promotion policy favoring those groups, such as women, African Americans, or Hispanics, whohave suffered from discrimination in the past or continue tosuffer from discrimination. ​

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Like municipal police officers, private security officers have arrest powers. ​

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Most arrests in the United States are for ____ ​

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The majority of all police officers work in _________ ​

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The importance of intelligence-based policing was not evident before which major event? ​

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Define intelligence-led policing  and how is it used todeal with ​  crime in the United States.

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As elected officials whodonot necessarily need a background in law enforcement, modern sheriffs resemble their counterparts from the of policing in many ways, including the responsibility tocollect taxes. ​

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The era of policing that was centralized and had a professional and distant police-community policing relationship wa s th e ______________________. ​

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Early police officers likely gained their positions as a result of _________ ​

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