Police Organization and Management Final Exam
Course Introduction
Police Organization and Management explores the structure, function, and leadership dynamics within contemporary law enforcement agencies. The course examines the principles of police administration, organizational behavior, and management theories as they apply to policing. Topics include organizational hierarchy, leadership styles, resource allocation, communication systems, policy development, and the role of ethics in decision-making. Students will analyze challenges such as community relations, personnel management, and the impact of technology on police operations, preparing them for effective leadership and management roles in law enforcement settings.
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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) In the late nineteenth century, patrol of residential districts was common in large U.S. cities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What is kin policing?
A) a system from the Old Testament that has the idea of being one s brother s keeper
B) a very early system in which each group member has enforcement authority
C) a European system that grew out of the night watch approach to policing
D) an American colonial adaptation of the Norman shire system
Answer: B
Q3) Trace the history of the relationship of the police with politicians in America.
Answer: Students should explain the initial close connection between police and politicians, the separation that came about during the reform era, and the incorporation of international politics into the police mission since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Q4) Column 1: Reform Era
Column 2: Second
Answer: Second
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Chapter 2: Policing in American Context
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Q1) City councils are supposed to be apolitical.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) All of these are ways that other government officials and agencies can affect law enforcement agencies except which one?
A) hiring and firing the police chief
B) making funding decisions
C) making decisions that affect the activities of officers on patrol
D) disciplining a police officer
Answer: D
Q3) For every 4,000 to 5,000 citizens, there is roughly one sworn law enforcement officer.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Column 1: The case is set for trial.
Column 2: Seventh
Answer: Seventh
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Chapter 3: Law Enforcement Agencies and Their Organization
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Q1) Private police are from the Fourth Amendment, the Miranda rule, and entrapment restrictions.
Answer: exempt
Q2) Because most police organizations follow the military model in some but not all respects, they are said to be military in structure.
Answer: quasi
Q3) Which of the following is not a focus of private policing?
A) focus on loss prevention
B) focus on detection, apprehension, and punishment
C) focus on private justice
D) focus on protection of private property
Answer: B
Q4) Whose research identified the characteristics of an effective bureaucratic organization?
A) Sir Robert Peel
B) O. W. Wilson
C) Max Weber
D) Frederick W. Taylor
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Becoming a COP
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Q1) Column 1: distress
Column 2: a harmful form of stress that threatens an individual s ability to function
Q2) What are the potential benefits from shifting to the Police Training Officer (PTO) approach from the Field Training Officer (FTO) approach?
Q3) Column 1: the honeymoon/enthusiasm stage
Column 2: first
Q4) White backlash is the name for a type of reverse discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of these examples would be most unlikely to rise to the level of a hostile work environment?
A) Male police officers comment on female officers attire and hairstyles.
B) Male police officers ask female officers to fetch them tea or coffee.
C) Male police officers open doors and fetch tea or coffee for female officers.
D) Male police officers don t share full information about cases with female officers.
Q6) A requirement for hiring a certain number of minorities is an example of a racial .
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Chapter 5: Police Sub-Culture
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Q1) Emphasis on courage, intelligence, strength, and self -reliance are part of which police subculture component?
A) the masculine environment
B) the us-versus-them mentality
C) the sense of solidarity
D) the sense of moral superiority
Q2) Police weapons are most often fired on firing ranges.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Column 1: institutional value
Column 2: a sense of agreement within a particular culture about how to accomplish a valued objective
Q4) The rules put in place to protect citizens and police organizations are known as:
A) standard operating procedures
B) bureaucracy
C) a code of ethics
D) institutional values
Q5) The study of the victims of crime is called .
Q6) The metaphor of police work as profoundly influences police subculture.
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Chapter 6: Police Discretion and Behavior
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Q1) Under what conditions would it be useful for an officer to apply the broken windows theory in decision making?
A) in any neighborhood in which shoplifting is a major problem
B) in any neighborhood with a majority of low socioeconomic status residents
C) in any neighborhood with a high crime rate
D) in any neighborhood with signs of physical and social disorder
Q2) 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
Q3) Selling advertising space on police cruisers is an example of a chief s exercise of discretion.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Column 1: Police discretion is needed for efficiency in the criminal justice system. Column 2: pro
Q5) Column 1: Police discretion may lead to citizen complaints of unequal treatment. Column 2: con
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Chapter 7: Core Police Functions
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Q1) Explain the overview of the broken windows model in terms of a domino effect.
Q2) The perspective that crime will be less likely when the potential for getting caught outweighs any likely benefits of breaking the law is known as theory.
Q3) A focused patrol might target certain A) problems.
B) locations.
C) times.
D) all of the above
Q4) If an officer uses discretionary authority that results in disparate treatment of minorities, he or she is engaging in using A) justification.
B) subjugation of defendants rights.
C) racial profiling.
D) theory of liability.
Q5) Column 1: identifying, collecting, and examining physical evidence Column 2: fifth
Q6) The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and initiation of action to remove or reduce it is a definition of crime .
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Chapter 8: Community Policing and Community Involvement
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Q1) Civil law provisions are the main focus of police work.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Criminal justice is a relatively new set of ideas about the goals of how the criminal -justice system can be achieved.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) Which of the following would promote the development of creative forms of crime control, such as drug courts and teen courts?
A) community justice
B) problem-oriented policing
C) community prosecution
D) community policing
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Chapter 9: Policing in the Modern ERA
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Q1) You would consult the IACP for information from your local FBI field office.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is Compstat and what are the four areas it emphasizes?
Q3) You are on a criminal activity task force created to detect terrorism threats in the area. Your team has detected an issue in a section of the city that is heavy with gangs. You need to work with other task forces to gain the information you need and respond to the terrorist activity. Which of the following would help?
A) creating a fusion center
B) creating a geographic profile
C) creating a computerized crime map
D) creating a crime report
Q4) Which of the following sources of intelligence would include interviews and interrogations?
A) decision making
B) strategic targeting
C) crime prevention
D) intelligence gathering
Q5) Define and give examples of boundaryless policing
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Chapter 10: Policing and the Law
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Q1) Column 1: Fourth Amendment
Column 2: governs search and seizure
Q2) All acts of looking for evidence are within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following would be used if police are in pursuit of a man who robbed a liquor store at gunpoint and ran into a house?
A) search incident to arrest
B) protective sweep
C) plain-view doctrine
D) hot pursuit exception
Q4) Which of the following would be an example of evanescent evidence?
A) blood on the sidewalk in a rain storm
B) blood in a car after an accident
C) blood in a private home after a shooting
D) blood in a vial taken at the hospital
Q5) Column 1: protective sweep
Column 2: may be conducted by police to the point of arrest, but must be supported by reasonable suspicion
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Q6) Evidence of criminal activity cannot be detected using search rationale.
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Chapter 11: Civil Liability and Accountability
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Q1) Column 1: negligence tort
Column 2: must demonstrate legal duty existed between officer and plaintiff
Q2) A patrolling police officer passes by a bank on rounds, and he sees nothing wrong. The bank is then robbed 10 minutes later. Which of the following would be the defense used for the police officer?
A) public-duty doctrine
B) contributory negligence
C) assumption of risk
D) sudden peril
Q3) Which of the following refers to protection from lawsuits enjoyed by federal officials when acting in their official capacities?
A) color of law
B) culpability
C) theory of liability
D) absolute immunity
Q4) relief can be requested by plaintiffs, in addition to damages.
Q5) Compare and contrast civilian input, civilian monitor, and civilian review.
Q6) of the poisonous tree doctrine expanded the scope of the exclusionary rule to use evidence obtained unconstitutionally.
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Chapter 12: Deviance, Ethics, and Professionalism
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Q1) Column 1: gratuity
Column 2: something of value that is freely given to police officers simply because they are police officers; examples include a cup of coffee, lunch, or a police price discount on a meal
Q2) Column 1: deviance
Column 2: any behavior that is at odds with socially expected or accepted behavior
Q3) Administrators are trying to reduce police deviance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Column 1: Knapp Commission
Column 2: a commission that helps investigates police corruption in response to the New York Times article which reported widespread corruption in the New York City Police Department
Q5) Which of the following is a seriously deviant officer?
A) rogue
B) straight shooter
C) white knight
D) grass eater
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Chapter 13: The Use of Force
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Q1) Column 1: assaultive (physical injury)
Column 2: defensive tactics
Q2) Relatively few police officers ever fire their weapons at suspects during the course of their careers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Analyze the federal deadly force policy as adopted by the FBI. What questions does it raise for you?
Q4) The level of force that officers use is closely linked to the type of training used in their department.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Column 1: resistant (active)
Column 2: compliance techniques
Q6) Suggest a reason for each of the five recommendations by the Police Executive Research Forum for the safe use of conducted energy devices.
Q7) Column 1: assaultive (serious physical injury or death)
Column 2: deadly force
Q8) Force capable of killing a suspect is called force.
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