Police Administration
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Police Administration explores the structure, functions, and management of police organizations within the context of public safety. The course examines the roles and responsibilities of police administrators, organizational theories, leadership styles, resource management, personnel practices, and the development of policy and procedures. Emphasis is placed on contemporary challenges such as ethical decision-making, community policing, accountability, and the impact of technology on policing operations. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how law enforcement agencies are structured and managed, preparing them for leadership roles in policing or related fields.
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Policing 2nd Edition by John L. Worrall
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Chapter 1: Origins and Evolution of American Policing
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Q1) Column 1: FBI
Column 2: tasked with investigating antitrust land fraud and similar matters
Answer: tasked with investigating antitrust land fraud and similar matters
Q2) In the early days of the American colonies, crime control was largely provided by the churches.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) When a watchman detected a fire or evidence of criminal activity, he had to sound the and cry.
Answer: hue
Q4) Column 1: U.S. Postal Inspectors
Column 2: target crimes committed via mail
Answer: target crimes committed via mail
Q5) The Pennsylvania State Police differed from other state-level policing agencies in drawing its officers primarily from the army and the National .
Answer: Guard
Q6) To a large extent, policing in America was based on the model of policing in .
Answer: London
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Chapter 2: Policing in American Context
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Q1) Police organizations are influenced by all three branches of government.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) City councils are supposed to be apolitical.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Police are least involved in the phase of the criminal justice system that takes place after the trial.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Column 1: Police officers search the suspect. Column 2: Second Answer: Second
Q5) If a defendant pleads guilty, then a is not necessary. Answer: trial
Q6) Probation officers and parole officers are two types of officials. Answer: corrections
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Chapter 3: Law Enforcement Agencies and Their Organization
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Q1) The of law enforcement agencies in America continually changes due to the creation of new agencies and the merging and elimination of existing agencies.
Answer: number
Q2) Column 1: Commander
Column 2: fourth
Answer: fourth
Q3) Column 1: Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Column 2: agency that combines the U.S. Border Patrol with portions of the U.S. Customs Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Answer: agency that combines the U.S. Border Patrol with portions of the U.S. Customs Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Q4) The Secret Service used to be part of the Treasury Department.
A)True B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Becoming a COP
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Q1) Besides generally increased effectiveness and increased community respect, what are the potential benefits of a diverse and representative police force?
Q2) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides intervention, after is claimed to have occurred.
Q3) Which is the most expensive and time -consuming phase of the hiring process?
A) polygraph exam
B) interview
C) background investigations
D) medical and drug screening
Q4) What is a key characteristic of the patronage system that sets it apart from the civil service system in police department hiring?
A) Hiring decisions were notably influenced by a candidate s politics.
B) Hiring decisions were primarily made by politicians, rather than police officers.
C) Hiring decisions were made solely on the basis of a candidate s merit.
D) Hiring decisions were influenced by mentors charged with guiding candidates.
Q5) White backlash is the name for a type of reverse discrimination.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Police Sub-Culture
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Q1) Column 1: deviant lie
Column 2: a lie that is used to defend a questionable discretionary decision
Q2) In the analysis of police interaction with assholes, it is clear that the term street justice refers to
A) justice administered on the street, rather than in court.
B) justice befitting the place and time of the incident.
C) actions that are outside the justice process and possibly illegal.
D) actions that are toned down in order to fit the circumstances.
Q3) Identify the characteristics of another subculture that you know well, and compare and contrast these characteristics with the characteristics of police subculture.
Q4) Which values do you think are held in common by many Americans and the police subculture?
Q5) Which of the following is not a possible consequence for the investigating officer when a prosecutor elects to develop a case?
A) an increased demand on the officer s on -duty and off-duty time
B) a sense of standing alone in efforts to fight crime
C) an examination of the procedures followed in the investigation
D) an analysis of the quality of the report writing
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Chapter 6: Police Discretion and Behavior
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Q1) Column 1: Police discretion may contribute to abuse. Column 2: con
Q2) Police officers are considered policy makers because A) the sum of their discretionary decisions adds up to policy. B) police administrators are often elected to state legislatures. C) legislators note citation records in revising criminal statutes. D) police are among the biggest lobbying groups in the U.S.
Q3) Identify as many situations as you can in which following the letter of the law would either cause a problem or result in a less valuable result than following the spirit of the law.
Q4) Officers who see crime control as their primary role are more likely to end a dispute with force or an arrest than with an attempt to settle it verbally with mediation. A)True B)False
Q5) An officer s individual conception of what constitutes proper and good police work is known as role .
Q6) Publicizing incidents of police abuse and corruption leads people to call for .
Q7) Column 1: Police discretion fosters humanitarian principles. Column 2: pro
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Chapter 7: Core Police Functions
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Q1) Police pay is such that undercover officers are rarely enticed by the money that changes hands in the illegal drug trade.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Column 1: reconstructing the crime
Column 2: ninth
Q3) Peacekeeping differs from law enforcement in not being as clearly defined by statute.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Column 1: attending to emergencies
Column 2: first
Q5) What police function includes targeting illegal street racers and keeping an eye out for road rage?
A) preventive patrols
B) the traffic function
C) the response role
D) peacekeeping
Q6) Explain the sequence of steps an officer should take during traffic accident investigation.
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Chapter 8: Community Policing and Community Involvement
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Q1) Column 1: civilianization
Column 2: use of non-sworn individuals to reduce costs
Q2) According to PERF, community policing consists of three different perspectives: the legitimacy perspective, the problem-solving perspective, and the deployment perspective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One-way community policing strategies are favored over programs that allow citizens to participate.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Typically, citizen patrols are composed of who engage in preventive patrol.
Q5) Column 1: one-way policing
Column 2: police go out into the community
Q6) List and describe the three reasons for the changes that have occurred, and those that are taking place now, in community policing.
Q7) List and describe the four dimensions of community policing.
Q8) Column 1: the customer
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Chapter 9: Policing in the Modern ERA
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Q1) Governments at only certain levels are concerned with creating a fully integrated criminal justice information system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following allows for the secure exchange of information between government and nongovernment officials who are responsible for planning and implementing terrorism -related recovery efforts?
A) SLATT
B) RISS ATIX
C) FACTS
D) MATRIX
Q3) Compare Compstat and intelligence-led policing, providing three differences and two similarities.
Q4) Which of the following is a characteristic of both Compstat and intelligence -led policing?
A) single jurisdiction
B) threat driven
C) analysis of offender MOs
D) goal of prevention
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Chapter 10: Policing and the Law
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Q1) Column 1: probable cause
Column 2: set of facts used to make someone believe a person has committed a specific crime
Q2) Searches are performed to figure out where a criminal is located. A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the Fourth Amendment and how it applies to search and seizure. What two elements must be considered?
Q4) All acts of looking for evidence are within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. A)True
B)False
Q5) After a suspect is released from questioning for a certain period of time, he is no longer under the Miranda warning. How long is this period of time?
A) 3 days
B) 7 days
C) 10 days
D) 14 days
Q6) List and briefly describe the types of searches and seizures without warrants.
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Chapter 11: Civil Liability and Accountability
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Q1) A police officer leaves a suspect handcuffed in a car that is not completely pulled over from the highway. The car is hit, and the suspect suffers injuries. Which of the following would he sue under?
A) intentional tort
B) unintentional tort
C) negligence tort
D) contributory negligence tort
Q2) Which of the following is used to prosecute either state or federal law enforcement officers in a civil liability matter?
A) 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
B) 18 U.S.C. Section 242
C) 18 U.S.C. Section 2234
D) 18 U.S.C. Section 2235
Q3) Column 1: civilian monitor
Column 2: Complaints are received by police agencies, and citizens view the process.
Q4) It is important to select staff investigators carefully in order to produce unbiased internal affair investigations and avoid conflict.
Q5) Officers who are being sued for tort violations benefit from the -duty doctrine.
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Chapter 12: Deviance, Ethics, and Professionalism
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Q1) Pittsburgh was the first to enter into a decree.
Q2) You own a donut shop and often provide police officers with a free morning cup of coffee. What is this an example of?
A) gratuity
B) use corruption
C) noble-cause corruption
D) abuse of authority
Q3) What is the following an example of: How would you feel about what you did if you were the one it was done to?
A) medical response to corruption
B) first page test
C) code of ethics
D) consent decree
Q4) Gratuities occur when an officer accepts an object of value.
A)True
B)False
Q5) An officer using his power to engage in crime is known as police corruption. A)True
B)False
Q6) , along with his colleagues, identified three elements of abuse of authority.
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Chapter 13: The Use of Force
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Q1) TASERs have three modes: probe, touch stun, and distance stun.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain the relationship between suspect action and officer response in the use -of-force continuum.
Q3) When can officers be considered verbally abusive?
A) when they use a harsh tone and commands instead of requests
B) when they use swear words or profane language
C) when they say anything that goes beyond standards of acceptability
D) when they speak loudly and insistently
Q4) Changes came to the Los Angeles Police Department after the beating of .
Q5) Physical grips on the suspect s body that are intended to direct the suspect when and where to move, not to cause pain, are known as grips.
Q6) Column 1: resistant (passive) Column 2: contact controls
Q7) Analyze the federal deadly force policy as adopted by the FBI. What questions does it raise for you?
Q8) Column 1: using force capable of killing the suspect Column 2: G
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