Exam 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion

What Would You Do? The mayor contacts you and urges you to complete the investigation. The media is placing enormous pressure on both the mayor's office and the police department to release the results of the investigation as soon as possible. The public relations representative for the police department has also notified you that the number of complaints coming in from the community has increased significantly since the shooting and releasing the results may calm the citizens. The legal firm representing the police department has warned you that release of any results prior to the conclusion of the full investigation may put the department at risk. With all of this information, and the knowledge that it will take more time to complete a thorough investigation you must make a decision regarding the release of information in the investigation. -What would you do?

Which of the following statements about police operational styles is most accurate?

Crime will increase in areas of the community that are not well maintained according to Wilson and Kelling's __________.

A police officer is dispatched to respond to a specific situation, which is an example of __________.

What 2014 incident fueled a narrative of police misconduct and excessive force?

As of 2008, what percentage of contacts between police and citizens involved the use or threat of force?

In New York City in 2012, of the 16 officer-involved shootings in which a person was killed, what percentage of shooting victims were black?

The media is quick to point out police use of excessive force. How do police officers know when to use force and how much to use?

The use of what by the police might be considered the ultimate use of discretion?

Officer Brown has been assigned to walk up and down Main Street during a parade this afternoon. By simply being present, Officer Brown knows he will discourage troublemakers who might disrupt the event. This police role is ____________.

Police officers use discretion every day. How is it regulated?

In his book Police in a Time of Change, Broderick notes which of the following police operational styles?

According to George Pugh, the most common roles police have to fulfill are those of law enforcer, maintainer of social order, and ________.

What Would You Do? You tell the media representative that you need a little time to discuss this with the mayor and other members of the police department. You contact the mayor, the public relations representative and legal firm for the police department and schedule a meeting that afternoon. At the meeting it is decided there are two possible options for dealing with the situation. First, you can agree to the request and give the media outlet a copy of the video you have in exchange for theirs. Second, you can refuse and make a request to a judge warrant for the video and a gag order preventing them from publicizing the video. -What would you do?

What Would You Do? You tell the media representative that you need a little time to discuss this with the mayor and other members of the police department. You contact the mayor, the public relations representative and legal firm for the police department and schedule a meeting that afternoon. At the meeting it is decided there are two possible options for dealing with the situation. First, you can agree to the request and give the media outlet a copy of the video you have in exchange for theirs. Second, you can refuse and make a request to a judge warrant for the video and a gag order preventing them from publicizing the video. -The ability to make a choice in a given situation is called __________.

Which statement best describes the ambiguity of the police role?

Officers who place a relatively high value on individual rights and see their job as more people-oriented than crime-oriented are using which operational style?

When a police officer makes a judgment about a situation and chooses a response from a group of options, she is using her __________.