Police Operations Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Police Operations explores the fundamental principles, strategies, and tactics used by law enforcement agencies to maintain public safety and order. This course examines the roles and responsibilities of police officers, including patrol procedures, emergency response, investigation processes, and community policing initiatives. Students will gain an understanding of the legal and ethical considerations shaping daily police work, as well as the challenges faced in crime prevention, traffic enforcement, crisis intervention, and the use of force. The course incorporates case studies and real-world scenarios to provide practical insights into the operational aspects of policing in modern society.
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The Police in America An Introduction 8th Edition by Samuel Walker
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Chapter 1: Police and Society
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Q1) The majority of the time, police officers are involved in criminal law enforcement, not order maintenance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The reality of policing is that the police play an extremely
A)civil role in society.
B)community oriented role in working with juveniles.
C)complex role by dealing with social issues of crime.
D)aggressive role in dealing with gangs and drugs.
Answer: C
Q3) The policing approach that concentrates on relatively minor quality of life issues and is said to contribute to a significant reduction in serious crime is known as A)problem oriented policing.
B)anti terrorist policing.
C)zero tolerance policing.
D)repeat offender policing.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The History of the American Police
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Q1) The term "sheriff" was first coined in the American west.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Pennsylvania is noted for
A)starting the first modern police department in America.
B)starting the first modern state police force.
C)starting the first crime lab.
D)all of these
Answer: B
Q3) The study of criminal investigation that shattered traditional myths about detective work was known as the
A)Kerner Commission study.
B)Vollmer study.
C)RAND Corporation study.
D)CID Efficiency Measures study.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Contemporary Law Enforcement Industry
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Q1) What does most of a police agency's budget go toward?
A)insurance
B)personnel costs
C)litigation fees
D)technological advances
Answer: B
Q2) Federal law establishes a minimum police-population ratio for the country.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) What is the major weakness with accreditation?
A)Accreditation is mandatory and the process is long.
B)he standards are too high.
C)The standards are not universally applicable.
D)There is no penalty for not being accredited.
Answer: D
Q4) Private security is an important part of American law enforcement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Police Organizations
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Q1) Within almost all police departments there are "cliques," or informal networks of officers.What purpose does a horizontal clique serve?
A)to protect officers from supervisory oversight and accountability
B)to enhance conditions between patrol partners in long-term assignments
C)to improve relations between supervisors and their staff
D)to allow officers of the same rank to be promoted
Q2) Despecializing in policing is
A)police place greater responsibility on rank-and-file officers at the neighborhood level to become more responsive to neighborhood residents.
B)rules and policies that often stifle police creativity and do not encourage problem solving are eliminated.
C)specialized units with neighborhood officers who are more knowledgeable about the problems that face their neighborhoods are established.
D)the amount of social and administrative distance between the beat officer and the chief of police is decreased.
Q3) Many of the problems in policing are related to organizational features.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Police Of cers I: Entering Police Work
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Q1) According to the text, why do people become police officers?
Q2) Which of the following is a popular selection test used by local police departments?
A)personal interviews
B)criminal records checks
C)background investigations
D)all of these
Q3) Investigations that cover previous employment, possible criminal records, and interviews with neighbors are called
A)preliminary investigations.
B)background investigations.
C)work investigations.
D)criminal investigations.
Q4) Most police departments have a height requirement for hiring new officers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The majority of police departments now require a four-year college degree to be appointed to the police department.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Police Of cers II: on the Job
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Q1) Research has shown that white and African American officers utilized deadly force (fired their weapons)
A)at different rates because of their perceptions of force.
B)at the same rate.
C)with higher frequency at the other race.
D)at higher rates when they worked alone.
Q2) Shift assignments are usually based on seniority.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A controversial study by the National Center for Women in Policing (NCWP) asserts that departments should hire more women officers because
A)female officers are less likely to use excessive force.
B)female officers are considerably more likely to adopt the community-oriented policing principles of the department.
C)female officers by nature are more compassionate, thus reducing complaints
D)female officers establish relationships with coworkers that make for more harmonious work environments.
Q4) Explain the concept of a police subculture.
Q5) What were the findings of the Police Foundation study of policewomen on patrol?
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Chapter 7: Patrol: the Backbone of Policing
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Q1) James Q.Wilson points out that discretion decreases as one moves down the organizational hierarchy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some of the problems that dispatchers create when answering the 911 system?
Q3) According to The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, the patrol officer is generally the lowest paid, least-consulted, most taken-for-granted member of the force.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Criminal law enforcement represents only a minority of all calls to the police department.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One-officer patrol cars are more efficient than two-officer patrol cars.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain James Q.Wilson's three styles of policing.
Q7) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of foot patrol with car patrol.
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Chapter 8: Peacekeeping and Order Maintenance
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Q1) Historically, several factors have discouraged police officers from making arrests in domestic violence situation.Which of the following is not one of those reasons?
A)Some officers regard domestic violence as a private matter that should be dealt with by the family.
B)Many officers have learned from experience that domestic violence arrests are often dismissed because the victim refuses to pursue the case.
C)Victims of domestic violence often call the police for help, but ask them to do something other than make an arrest.
D)Police departments have traditionally not valued domestic violence arrests, placing a higher value on arrests made for murder, rape, robbery, or narcotics.
E)All of these are reasons police officers have been reluctant police to make arrests in domestic violence situation.
Q2) Miethe and McCorkle suggest that there are five different types of prostitutes.Explain each of those types.
Q3) What are some of the unique problems for law enforcement in dealing with mentally ill people?
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Chapter 9: The Police and Crime
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Q1) What is perhaps the best-known directed patrol effort aimed at reducing gun violence?
A)the Chicago Safe Streets Program
B)the New York Central Park Program
C)the Kansas City Gun Experiment
D)the Denver Firearms Experiment
E)the Atlanta Hot Spot Experiment
Q2) The basic process in investigating a crime occurs in two stages: the ____________ and the follow up investigation.
A)preliminary investigation
B)discretionary investigation
C)concluding investigation
D)grand jury investigation
Q3) Which of the following five crimes had the lowest clearance rate in 2010?
A)murder
B)rape
C)robbery
D)aggravated assault
E)burglary
Q4) What are some of the myths about detective work?
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Chapter 10: Innovations in Police Strategy
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Q1) One of the basic principles of community policing is decentralized decision making.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is one of the most common ways police agencies have attempted to bring the police and citizenry together while at the same time attempting to reduce crime?
A)increased use of sub stations
B)use of permanent patrol beats
C)use of foot patrol
D)increase of automobile patrol
Q3) Zero tolerance policing differs from problem-oriented policing in that
A)zero tolerance doesn't attempt to analyze the cause of problems.
B)zero tolerance attempts to focus on crime prevention.
C)zero tolerance requires police to make fundamental changes in police culture.
D)zero tolerance does not address hot spots.
Q4) Both community policing and problem-oriented policing originated in the late 1970s and 1980s as a result of a series of crises in policing.Explain the four crises that provided the impetus for change.
Q5) Describe the six basic points of the CAPS program.
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Chapter 11: Police Discretion
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Q1) The exercise of police discretion through written policy is called
A)department philosophy.
B)bureaucratic controls.
C)administrative rulemaking.
D)profession downward judgment.
Q2) What is the problem with the process by which new policies are adopted into the SOP manual?
A)New policies are too vague.
B)New policies take years to be adopted.
C)New policies are adopted systematically.
D)New policies are adopted in response to a crisis.
Q3) With respect to the exercise of discretion, police officers are also know as
A)Bobbies.
B)street-level bureaucrats.
C)thugs.
D)posses.
E)detectives.
Q4) The neighborhood environment influences officer discretion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Legitimacy and Community Relations
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Q1) Many police departments have abandoned their ride-along programs because
A)of lack of participation by the gang members who are trying to leave the gang life.
B)the program tends to attract only those persons who already have a favorable attitude toward the police and does not reach those who have complaints.
C)there are not enough storefront neighborhoods to accommodate the demand for rides with the officers.
D)the age of the persons the program generally attracted was creating a liability for the program.
Q2) The four dimensions of trust the authors describe are
A)care, pleasantness, empathy, sympathy.
B)priorities, competence, dependability, respect.
C)bearing, integrity, honesty, quality.
D)service, dedication, honesty, respect.
Q3) In public opinion surveys, blacks are just as satisfied with the police as are whites.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the four dimensions of trust in policing?
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Chapter 13: Police Corruption
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Q1) What are the social-structural explanations of police corruption? Summarize each in detail.
Q2) A "rotten pocket" exists when
A)police officers from different departments are working together to commit corruption.
B)only a few officers are independently engaged in corrupt acts.
C)several corrupt officers cooperate with one another within one department.
D)three to five officers work semi-independently, protecting each other.
Q3) The textbook suggests that there are three levels of corruption.Identify and explain them.
Q4) Herman Goldstein said that corruption
A)"thrives best in poorly run organizations where lines of authority are vague and supervision is minimal."
B)"begins with the chief and works its way down."
C)"occurs mostly in medium-sized cities."
D)"occurs mostly in poorly educated police departments."
E)"occurs mostly in police departments that are too strict with rules and regulations."
Q5) What are the six costs of police corruption?
Q6) What are the types of police corruption listed in your text?
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Chapter 14: Accountability of the Police
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Q1) What is accreditation?
A)a process by which departments receive federal funding
B)a system that sets the maximum officer standards
C)a mandatory system setting department standards
D)a process of professional self-regulation
Q2) Citizen oversight was designed to
A)assess police misconduct in civil rights proceedings.
B)provide an internal review of police misconduct.
C)provide some independent citizen input into the complaint process.
D)allow the police chief special insight into the department.
Q3) Studies have found that the exclusionary rule does not limit the crime-fighting capacity of the police.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who issued the report "Principles for Promoting Police Integrity"?
A)Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
B)U.S.Justice Department
C)American Bar Association
D)Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
E)American Correctional Association
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Chapter 15: The Future of Policing in America
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Q1) Traditionally, one of the most time-consuming activities engaged in by police agencies is the management of paperwork.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One the most widely applied technological weapons used today by police is:
A)Satellite monitoring.
B)License plate readers.
C)Bean bag launchers.
D)the Taser.
Q3) The Phoenix Police Department argues that the use of TASERS has
A)increased the number of injuries to police officers and suspects.
B)reduced the number of injuries to police officers and suspects.
C)increased the number of injuries to police officers but decreased the number of injuries to suspects.
D)increased the number of injuries to suspects and decreased the number of injuries to police officers.
Q4) The use of crime analysis has fallen in recent years because of budget cutbacks.
A)True
B)False
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