Exam 5: Police Operations

Beat boundaries are established by attempting to equalize committed time across all the department's beats.

___________ partnerships are best represented by drug task forces.

The __________ function is responsible for solving crimes, apprehending criminals, and recovering stolen property.

What is a "preliminary investigation?"

__________ consist(s) of a variety of strategies: saturation patrol, stakeouts, surveillance of suspects, and decoys, among others.

With split-force policing, or random patrol, all officers on the force are assigned to patrol specific areas- beats.

Community policing expands basic patrol activities well beyond traditional limits.

__________ are ones in which agencies direct officers to concentrate on known suspects or classes of individuals.

The patrol function is considered to be the least important operation of a law enforcement agency.

__________ or crackdowns attempt to deter crime or problems in a specific area through sudden and dramatic increases in police officer presence, sanctions, and threats of apprehension either for specific crimes or for all types of crimes.

___________ partnerships involve various agencies affected by a specific problem that band together to solve it.

__________ are where police officers observe a suspicious person, stop the person, and talk with him or her.

___________ partnerships are made between police and probation or parole officers; probation and police officers visit probationers to ensure that they are complying with stipulations or rules imposed by the court.

One of the common errors in determining patrol assignments has been the use of what type of data?

Police operations refer to the various police services provided to citizens and the methods used by police agencies when delivering these services.

The Rand study on the effectiveness of criminal investigators found that:

____________ required that police officers advise suspects of their rights to legal representation and against self-incrimination.

In 1964, the Court handed down its decision on __________, requiring that police officials allow suspects who are in custody to have access to an attorney when questioning becomes accusatory.

The allocation of police personnel refers to decisions about the number of officers assigned to the various units in the police department.

The __________ function is responsible for reducing the frequency and severity of traffic crashes and facilitating the orderly flow of traffic.