Exam 13: Deploying Law Enforcement Resources and Improving Productivity

Each law enforcement task that occurs should be viewed as having two coordinates, __________.

Time logs provide for the following except __________.

An MIS provides data for planning and decision making.

Compared with other factors, the quality of management in an organization has little impact on the overall productivity and morale of the organization.

The fact that patrol officers, those primarily responsible for accomplishing a department's goals, are the lowest in status results in serious organizational contradiction.

In police departments performance expectations should be the responsibility of __________.

The practice of unsystematically assigning patrol officers to different areas is known as _______________.

_______________ agreements, commonly used to prepare for emergencies, can play a greater role in preventing and responding to the threat of terrorism.

Describe how volunteers can be used to supplement police personnel.

Productivity may be boosted by __________.

Incivilities lead to __________.

Cutback budgeting may mean __________.

The most common method of patrol is ____________ patrol.

Studies have found that two-officer patrol units are __________.

The first law enforcement manager at the scene of an emergency must take control, regardless of rank.

Focusing on career criminals is a logical approach to fighting crime.

Whether a one- or two-officer patrol unit is used should be determined by individual circumstances.

On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed into law the ________________ Act, giving police unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists.