Exam 9: Patrol Operations

Why would the concept of split-force patrol be very unpopular in today's economic climate?

Studies have reported that the average citizen delay in calling the police for serious crimes was between __________.

Studies indicate that though texting while driving is illegal in 46 states and the District of Columbia, approximately what percentage of young people admit having sent a text while driving?

What did the Kansas City patrol study in 1972 and 1973 demonstrate?

When foot patrol is added to neighborhoods, which of the following statements is most accurate?

Patrol officers have three main functions: deterring crime, providing a sense of public security, and maintaining 24-hour availability to the public. Reduced services for the mentally ill in the last few decades in the United States have led to increased contacts between people with mental illness and patrol officers. The Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, tries to improve safety during these encounters by arming officers with de-escalation techniques. The co-responder model partners officers with mental health professionals on calls for service to connect people with mental illness with community based treatment. The Response Planning and De-escalation and Referral, or RADAR, program identifies individuals at risk for future contacts and encourages voluntary sharing of information during a non-crisis time. This scenario focuses on the duties of patrol officers and how alternate strategies might be employed toward reducing crime and increasing public safety. A recent summit of all law enforcement leaders in Polk County, Florida was filled with discussion about how to address the rising numbers of inmates with mental illness passing through and residing in the county jail. As part of the summit, leaders attended several workshops on specialized policing responses to the mentally ill. These approaches stress community alternatives to incarceration and thus would help reduce jail populations. The two most promising approaches were the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and the co-responder model. The takeaway from the summit was a directive for law enforcement leaders to present these two approaches to their home departments and obtain quantitative and qualitative data on which one of the practices was most well received and which was not. Once all leaders bring their data back to the group, decisions will be made for the whole county on possibly updating the methods for patrol to handle calls dealing with people with mental illnesses. -Which of the following types of patrol will be most affected by new approaches to dealing with people with mental illnesses?

What is a combination of several violations, including speeding, tailgating, driving on the shoulder, and not signaling when changing lanes?

A larger number of uniformed officers than normal are assigned to a particular area to deal with a particular crime problem when __________.

What do police actually do while on patrol?

What refers to an officer driving around a designated geographic area?

O.W. Wilson's patrol ideas were designed to make the police appear to be as __________.

Patrol officers have three main functions: deterring crime, providing a sense of public security, and maintaining 24-hour availability to the public. Reduced services for the mentally ill in the last few decades in the United States have led to increased contacts between people with mental illness and patrol officers. The Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, tries to improve safety during these encounters by arming officers with de-escalation techniques. The co-responder model partners officers with mental health professionals on calls for service to connect people with mental illness with community based treatment. The Response Planning and De-escalation and Referral, or RADAR, program identifies individuals at risk for future contacts and encourages voluntary sharing of information during a non-crisis time. This scenario focuses on the duties of patrol officers and how alternate strategies might be employed toward reducing crime and increasing public safety. A recent summit of all law enforcement leaders in Polk County, Florida was filled with discussion about how to address the rising numbers of inmates with mental illness passing through and residing in the county jail. As part of the summit, leaders attended several workshops on specialized policing responses to the mentally ill. These approaches stress community alternatives to incarceration and thus would help reduce jail populations. The two most promising approaches were the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and the co-responder model. The takeaway from the summit was a directive for law enforcement leaders to present these two approaches to their home departments and obtain quantitative and qualitative data on which one of the practices was most well received and which was not. Once all leaders bring their data back to the group, decisions will be made for the whole county on possibly updating the methods for patrol to handle calls dealing with people with mental illnesses. -What specialized policing response to people with mental illnesses involves partnering officers with mental health professionals on calls to a person with mental illness?

How effective is routine random patrol?

Summary A Increasing contacts between patrol officers and people with mental illness in crisis are resulting in a number of negative outcomes across the country. Interactions that end in tragedy and increasing populations of jail inmates with mental illnesses are just two of the problems seen as a result of these interactions. In an effort to address these problems police agencies around the country are implementing new models to provide officers with better ways of interacting with this population. All of the models that have been identified as possible options in your department showed positive results. Your vote to implement CIRT in the department indicates your desire to move forward with a program that incorporates the positive aspects of both the CIT and co-responder models. It is also likely that there will be more support for the program by patrol officers and this will increase the likelihood of success. To learn more about the ways police agencies respond to people with mental illnesses, see "Alternative Strategies." Summary B Increasing contacts between patrol officers and people with mental illness in crisis are resulting in a number of negative outcomes across the country. Interactions that end in tragedy and increasing populations of jail inmates with mental illnesses are just two of the problems seen as a result of these interactions. In an effort to address these problems police agencies around the country are implementing new models to provide officers with better ways of interacting with this population. All of the models that have been identified as possible options in your department showed positive results. Your vote not to implement CIRT in the department indicates your desire to move forward with a program that does not have co-responders. Although this vote leaves the decision up to the chief, you believe she will make the right decision. It is possible that the chief will receive less support for a program if she chooses it but you will support her decision and encourage other officers to do so as well. To learn more about the ways police agencies respond to people with mental illnesses, see "Alternative Strategies." The entire department casts their votes. When the results are tallied, the chief states that 52 percent of the department supports the CIT model and 48 percent supports the co-responder model. -What police department has combined the CIT program with a co-responder model called the Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT)?

What was the main negative effect of the change from foot patrol to motor patrol in terms of policing?

Police agencies themselves are in the best position to know their specific crime problems; thus, they are best equipped to work with researchers to come up with effective solutions, which is the premise of __________.

Two of the main goals of patrol are maintaining a feeling of public security and 24-hour availability to the public. What is the third goal?

Which of the following gives police officers responsibility for all policing activity by requiring them to walk around a defined geographic area?

What was a positive effect of the change from foot patrol to motor patrol in terms of policing?

What Would You Do? The chief was dissatisfied in the results. She felt that, in order for a program to be successful, it was important that the officers required to implement the program support it. Thus, she created a special committee to research the two models thoroughly, including both success-failure statistics of each and how much time/effort each would add to her officers' workloads. You were assigned to this committee, which found that, in the departments that have implemented them, there has been a notable reduction in inmates with mental illnesses and no significant increase in the workload. Although both programs appear to work well, your committee also found information on another program that combines aspects of both the CIT and co-responder programs. Known as the Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) it may be a good compromise for your department. You present your findings to the chief of police and she decides to have the department vote again to decide if the CIRT program is something that they can all agree on. She also shares that, if the department votes not to implement CIRT she will have to make the decision on which program to implement. -With this knowledge and the research found by your committee, do you vote to implement CIRT or not?