Exam 14: Community Policing, Engagement, and Outreach

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement between two or more parties which outlines the responsibilities of each party to achieve a particular goal or set of goals.

The H.E.A.R.T. Program used by the Santa Ana Police Department was created to provide community outreach to which population?

The lack of homogeneity in communities can add to the challenges of community outreach.

Vigilante justice, posse comitatus, and citizens' arrests were three actions where citizens became the ______.

The purpose of community programs is to facilitate strong relationships and increase avenues of communication, with the goal of making the community safer and the police more approachable.

In the context of community engagement, elected officials, business owners, nonprofit groups, other agencies, and the media are all examples of ______.

Which of the following statements pertaining to neighborhood watch programs is true?

Who is responsible for taking the lead on program development and bringing others into the process?

Identify and discuss the three key elements of community policing.

The majority of the people in the United States who are experiencing homelessness are men, with an overrepresentation of Whites and American Indians.

All community programs result from extensive systematic planning.

Explain the Micro Community Policing Plans (MCPP) implemented by the Seattle Police Department. What do you think would impede the implementation of these plans in other law enforcement agencies?

The creation of the neighborhood watch programs in the 1960s was a response to which of the following?

Explain how the lack of homogeneity can add to the challenges of community outreach.

Which of the following best describes the purpose of Citizen Police Academies?

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) was developed with which population in mind?

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services assists agencies by ______.

Which of the following key elements of community policing involves the collaboration of community members and groups, nonprofits and service providers, other government agencies, private businesses, and the media?

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people is referred to as community ______.

When citizens take the law into their own hands due to an absence of legal avenues, it is referred to as ______.