Police Operations Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Police Operations provides an in-depth examination of the fundamental roles, responsibilities, and techniques employed by law enforcement officers in the daily execution of their duties. The course covers a wide range of operational topics, including patrol procedures, emergency response, community policing, crime investigation, use of force, report writing, and ethical decision-making. Through case studies, simulations, and analysis of real-world examples, students gain an understanding of how police agencies maintain public order, prevent and respond to crime, and interact with community members. Emphasis is placed on the importance of communication, legal considerations, and evolving technology in effective modern police operations.
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An Introduction to Policing 7th Edition by John S. Dempsey
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Chapter 1: Police History
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Q1) __________ established the first large-scale, uniformed, paid, civil police force in London.
Answer: Sir Robert Peel
Q2) What law gives law enforcement new ability to search, seize, detain, or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists?
A) Posse Comitatus Act
B) USA Patriot Act
C) Statute of Winchester
D) Volstead Act
Answer: B
Q3) The__________evolved into the Gendarmerie Nationale, which today polices the areas outside France's major cities.
A) Praefectus Urbi
B) Praetorian Guard
C) Maréchausée
D) Magistrates.
Answer: C
Q4) The Youth International Party was associated with the __________ movement. Answer: antiwar
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Chapter 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States
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Q1) In response to law enforcement's need for more flexible, in-depth data, the UCR formulated the __________, which presents comprehensive, detailed information about crime incidents to law enforcement, researchers, governmental planners, students of criminal justice, and the general public.
Answer: National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS
Q2) The _____ program deputizes local officers to help enforce federal immigration laws.
Answer: 287(g)
Q3) The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The governmental power to make or enforce laws in Indian country is in the hands of tribal governments; federal and state governments have no power in Indian country. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
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Q1) Total quality management, quality circles, job involvement, participative management, and employee empowerment are all known as forms of
A) bottom-up leadership
B) top-down leadership
C) shared leadership
D) theory X leadership
Answer: C
Q2) The number of officers or subordinates a supervisor can supervise effectively is called:
A) chain of command
B) organizational index
C) span of control
D) effective level of supervision.
Answer: C
Q3) The traditional principles of management have been described using the acronym: Answer: PODSCORB
Q4) No matter the size of the agency, the chain of command starts with the
Answer: chief of police
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Chapter 4: Becoming A Police Officer
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Q1) The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2050, minority populations will be ____________________ percent of the population.
A) 25
B) 33
C) 54
D) 64
Q2) __________ is the ability to interpret, understand, and manage one's own and others' emotions.
Q3) The federal government program that gave grants for police officers to attend college was called:
A) GRAD
B) LEEP
C) DIPLOMA
D) GAIN
Q4) Most federal law enforcement agencies have the following education requirement:
A) some college
B) 60 hours of college
C) associate's degree
D) bachelor's degree
Q5) Why is emotional intelligence so necessary for law enforcement officers today?
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Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
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Q1) The first decision maker in the criminal justice system and often the most important is:
A) the judge
B) the defense attorney
C) the police officer
D) the prosecutor
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the reasons police exercise discretion?
A) If the police enforced all the laws, all the time, they would be in the station house or court much of their time.
B) Complete enforcement would alienate the public from the police.
C) Most violations of law are minor and do not require full enforcement.
D) The police want to show they have a caring attitude toward the community.
Q3) The ____________________ standard allows police officers to use deadly force against people who are using deadly force against an officer or another person, as well as in certain violent felony situations.
A) castle exception
B) defense of property
C) defense of life
D) defense of community
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Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Police Stress
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Q1) The body's reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the __________ response.
Q2) A 1981 report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights emphasized the need to provide ____________________ programs and services for police.
A) physical fitness
B) medical
C) stress management
D) in-service training
Q3) According to research, what is the leading problem among police officers?
A) marital problems
B) problems with children
C) drug problems
D) financial problems
Q4) The attitude that there is no hope for the world and a view of humanity at its worst called:
A) police social control
B) police prejudice
C) police attitude
D) police cynicism
Q5) Why do police officers socialize together?
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Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
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Q1) In __________ the court ruled that the Baltimore Police Department's height requirement of 5 feet 7 inches was a prima facie case of sex discrimination.
Q2) How have police standards and testing procedures changed in recent years to enable more women and minorities to enter policing?
Q3) What percentage of our police departments today consists of women? African Americans? Hispanics? How do these numbers compare to earlier years?
Q4) In the early 1900s, policewomen were often called ____________________ and were employed to bring order and assistance to the lives of women and children.
A) city mothers
B) mother McCredies
C) matrons
D) mother superiors
Q5) Detail the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Company and explain the impact that this case has had on police hiring.
Q6) Homosexuals have not been discriminated against in police hiring practices.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
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Q1) Any police-initiated activity that relies on a person's race or ethnic background rather than on behavior as a basis for identifying that individual as being involved in criminal activity is called ____________________.
A) noble cause policing
B) situational stereotype policing
C) biased-based policing
D) dispositional policing
Q2) Explain the different types of police misconduct review systems.
Q3) Meat-eaters take small bribes or relatively minor services offered by citizens seeking to avoid arrest or to get special police services.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Knapp Commission was created:
A) because an incident in which police used excessive force was caught on tape
B) in response to a series of articles in the New York Times detailing widespread corruption
C) after a city councilperson's son was illegally detained and searched
D) due to a political mandate by a newly elected governor
Q5) Explain the slippery slope theory and how it relates to gratuities.
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Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
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Q1) The impression of always being there is called __________
Q2) A ____________________ system allows nonemergency calls to be redirected or referred to other referral agencies or government agencies.
A) 311
B) 411
C) 511
D) 611
Q3) Most departments utilize:
A) a take-home car program
B) person-owned vehicles (POVs)
C) fleet vehicles
D) preowned vehicles
Q4) Officers who patrol specific locations at specific times to address a specific crime problem are called ____________________ patrol.
A) split-force
B) task force
C) routine
D) directed
Q5) Describe the Kansas City study. What was the major value of the study?
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Chapter 10: Investigations
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Q1) Marvin Wolfgang discovered that most predatory street crime in the United States is committed by:
A) only a few criminals
B) convicted felons
C) sex offenders
D) individuals under the influence of drugs
Q2) The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommended that detectives should only be assigned to preliminary investigations of:
A) misdemeanors
B) crimes of violence
C) very serious or complex preliminary investigations
D) all of these choices
Q3) The Rand report said that half of all detectives could be replaced without negatively influencing:
A) recidivism reduction
B) crime clearance rates
C) offender rehabilitation
D) undercover programs
Q4) ROPs concentrate on __________
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Chapter 11: Police and Their Clients
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Q1) Name and describe several community crime prevention programs. Select one that you believe offers the most potential in reducing and preventing crime, and explain your rationale.
Q2) Recently, social media has played a valuable role in the crime fight as well as _____ between the police departments and their clients.
A) catching criminals
B) crime suppression programs
C) government intrusion
D) building relationships
Q3) Public opinion polls have revealed that most citizens have a very poor image of the police.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List different ways volunteers may serve in police departments.
Q5) __________ programs are produced by radio and television stations that publicize an unsolved crime of the week; cash rewards are given for information that results in the conviction of the offender.
Q6) Describe the National Night Out program and identify its objectives with regard to community relations.
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Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
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Q1) David L. Carter of Michigan State University explains that community policing:
A) suddenly materialized as a new idea
B) evolved over time from research conducted by a wide range of scholars
C) is not widely accepted
D) is only the responsibility of police chiefs
Q2) The Executive Sessions on Policing focused and debated on the use and price of:
A) rolling traffic enforcement
B) adaptable computer databases
C) intelligence-led policing
D) community policing
Q3) Name three of the programs administered and supported by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S. Department of Justice and discuss them.
Q4) Define problem-solving policing, and give three specific examples of actual problem-solving policing programs.
Q5) In the 1960s, changes in police management led to the abandonment of:
A) bicycle patrol
B) two-man patrol units
C) foot patrol
D) equestrian patrol
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Chapter 13: Police and the Law
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Q1) Which of the following is not considered an actual search by the U.S. Supreme Court?
A) stop and frisk
B) border check
C) trained drug-dog sniff
D) search after a hot pursuit
Q2) A police officer can search without a warrant if consent is given by a person having authority to give such consent.
A)True
B)False
Q3) This case ruled that a person in police custody must be advised of his or her constitutional rights prior to interrogation or the information obtained can be excluded.
A) Brown v. Mississippi
B) McNabb v. United States
C) Escobedo v. United States
D) Miranda v. Arizona
Q4) Search and seizure is governed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
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Q1) Police officers with in-car data access technology make more than eight times as many inquiries on driving records, vehicle registrations, and wanted persons or property per eight-hour shift than do officers without in-car computers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Handwriting analysis is performed by the __________ section of the crime lab.
Q3) Enhanced 911 or enhanced CAD utilizes mobile digital terminals (MDTs). Which of the following is not a benefit provided by these systems?
A) direct interface between the patrol unit and local, county, state, and federal criminal justice information system computers
B) dramatic increase in response time
C) elimination of responses to non-life-threatening emergency calls
D) better coordination of all emergency agencies, since their movements can be monitored visually by both officers at the scene and dispatchers
Q4) List the major sections of a police crime lab and discuss the evidence each examines.
Q5) NCIC stands for __________
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Chapter 15: Homeland Security
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Q1) What act established the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Transportation to protect the nation's transportation systems and ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce?
A) Johnson Act of 2003
B) Homeland Security Act
C) Rogers Act
D) Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Q2) Theodore Kaczynski is also known as the Unabomber.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a 2006 Harris Interactive poll, a majority of Americans reported that they were more concerned with individual liberties and in favor of decreasing surveillance of suspected terrorists through cameras, banking records, and cell phones.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define and discuss terrorism.
Q5) __________ is an investigatory term used for covertly following subjects in an investigation and recording their activities.
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