Exam 8: Policing: Issues and Challenges

Police use force in the course of their duties.Compare and contrast the use of force and the use of excessive force.Cite an example of each.

__________Affairs is the branch of a police organization tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department.

The rule that applied to most U.S.jurisdictions held that officers could use deadly force to prevent the escape of a suspected felon,even when the persons presented no immediate threat to the public was called the:

At times police officers use humor to defuse their reactions to stress in dark and threatening situations.

Which of the following does the FBI consider an important strategy used to combat police corruption?

The __________ slope of corruption finds that even accepting minor gratuities can lead to a more ready acceptance of larger bribes.

The East Haven,Connecticut police honored the "Miller Boys" for their outstanding and courageous police work in 2012.

In a normal year most police officers who die in the line of duty die as a result of:

The "Miller Boys," a group of East Haven,Connecticut,police officers were arrested for:

The Knapp Commission focused on corruption in the New York City Police Department.

When the application of an amount and/or frequency of force is greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject it is deemed to be ________________.

A federal lawsuit directed specifically at federal officials or enforcement agents is known as a Bivens Action.

The courts have supported drug testing of police officers based on ________________ that drug abuse is occurring.

Any police action initiated towards an individual on the basis of their race or ethnicity rather than on their behavior of an individual is deemed to be:

A biological weapon is a biological agent used to threaten human life,for example,anthrax,smallpox,or any infectious disease.

Civil suits that are filed in the federal court system are known as:

Tennessee v.Garner specified the conditions under which:

Police ________ is the abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain.

In which 1989 case did the U.S.Supreme Court establish the standard of "objective reasonableness" in determining the appropriate use of deadly force by a police officer?

A weapon that is designed to disable,capture,or immobilize-but not kill-a suspect (although occasional deaths do result from the use of such weapons),is known as a: