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Type of patrol where police officers make rounds of a specific area with the general goal of deterring crime.
Random Patrol
When a law enforcement officer assumes a false identity in order to obtain information on illegal activities.
Undercover Operations
A person involved in criminal activity and gives information about that illegal activity to police.
Confidential Informant
A set of guidelines principles that law enforcement agents must adhere to in stated situations is called?
Policy
In a ______, formal rules govern an individual’s actions and relationships with with co-employees.
Beaurocracy
The body armor most widely used by American police officers is made of ______, a high strength fiber discovered in 1964.
Kevlar
_______ is a mental health reaction to a traumatic event that evokes significant stress.
PTSD
Term used to refer to the value placed on secrecy and the mistrust of the outside world shared by many police officers
Blue Curtain
The time elapsed between a call for service is received and the instant the police arrive on the scene is known as?
Response Time
A patrol strategy that is designed to focus on a specific type of criminal activity in a specific geographical area.
Directed Patrol
A _______ also known as a district or station, is a collection of beats
Precinct
Unit that investigates police misconduct
Internal Affairs
The law enforcement officer in charge of a serious investigation would be?
Detective
___________ policing can be defined as an approach that promotes community-police partnerships.
Community
A theory that a neighborhood in disrepair signals that criminal activity is tolerated in the area.
Broken Windows Theory
Type of corruption when officers do bad things because they believe the outcomes will be beneficial. Ex- planting evidence, lying in court
Noble Cause Corruption
________ is characterized by a rejection of the ideals of truth and justice.
Police cynicism
Arrests that occur when occur when police take initiative to target a particular type of criminal behavior.
Proactive Arrests
Technology that allows crime analysis to identify trends and patterns of criminal behavior within a given area.
Crime Mapping
Evidence that is very small, and often requires technological aid for detection. Hairs, fibers, blood, fingerprints, ect
Trace Evidence
The law enforcement officer in charge of a serious investigation would be?
Detective
Arrests made by police officers, usually on general patrol, who observe criminal acts or respond to a call of service.
Reactive Arrests
There is a strong coorlation between police cooruption and the ________ crime rate in the area they patrol.
Violent
Term used to refer to the value placed on secrecy and the mistrust of the outside world shared by many police officers
Blue Curtain
The ideal number of officers for a sergeant to supervise is 8-10. This is known as?
Span of Control