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100

Which country's policing system was the United States' modeled after?

the UK
100

Fill-in-the-blank.  When police officers use force, the degree of force must be reasonable and necessary given the circumstances, and be ____________ to the act of resistance.

proportional

100

Which Supreme Court case applied the exclusionary rule to the states?

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

Mapp vs. Ohio

100

True or False. There are roughly half the number of police officers as private security officers in the U.S.

True

100

Which Constitutional amendment protects from unreasonable searches and seizures and arrest without probable cause?

4th

200

Which Commission was focused on prohibition enforcement?

Wickersham Commission

200

Which of the two types of corrupt officers from lecture may accept bribes but do not actively seek them out?

Grass-eaters

200

Which Supreme Court case was related illegally obtained evidence inadmissibility?

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

Weeks vs US

200

According to the Economist article, which type of crime has seen a spike in recent years?

Homicide
200

Which Constitutional amendment provides authority to state and local police?

10th

300

What was the name of the informal "police" group that came BEFORE the first official police force?

Night Watchmen

300

What is the two-word term/phrase that means the degree to which the public trusts a formal system like the government or police?

Moral authority

300

Which Supreme Court case referenced acting in reasonable good faith and the exclusionary rule?

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

US vs Leon

300

How was private security utilized in the article about San Diego?

Neighborhood patrol

300

What is a person who takes the law into their own hands?

Vigilante

400

Where did the bobbies originate?

London

400

According to the statistics shown in Tuesday's lecture, who is the most likely victim of police shootings? (Race, gender, age)

Black male in their 20s and 30s

400

Which Supreme Court case ruled about immediate control? 

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

Chimel vs California

400

Name one possible future from the New York Times article about the future of policing (this article was from the discussion about defunding the police).

  • reducing union protections
  • assigning roles to other professionals
  • crime dealt with in the community
  • changing police budget
400

Which Supreme Court case was related to the concept of plain view for law enforcement?

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

Harris vs US

500

What was the time period critical to law enforcement during which many Supreme Court cases occurred, the LEAA was established, and national recommendations regarding policing were made?

1960s and 1970s

500

Name a way that police departments try to build integrity.

  • Community feedback
  • Internal Affairs divisions
  • Officer training
500

Which Supreme Court case had a ruling related to evidence collected during an illegal seizure?

  • Mapp vs Ohio
  • Chimel vs California
  • US vs Leon
  • Weeks vs US
  • Harris vs US
  • Silverthorne Lumber vs US

Silverthorne Lumber vs US

500

Name another possible future from the New York Times article about the future of policing (this article was from the discussion about defunding the police).

  • reducing union protections
  • assigning roles to other professionals
  • crime dealt with in the community
  • changing police budget
500

In policing structure/organization, Staff operations are to supportive roles as Line operations are to ____________.

Sworn officers