Any of these groups are now more likely represented in police forces now than they were 30 years ago.
What are women, Hispanics, and African-Americans?
100
This is the legal power that is given to every police officer in order to make arrests and to stop crime from happening.
What is the right to use lethal force?
100
A pro-arrest policy is also known as this
What is "mandatory arrest?"
100
Working on cracking down on graffiti, public urination, traffic offenses, curfew violations, etc. takes about 3/4 of an officer's job and is considered this.
What is "order maintenance?"
100
These four characteristics could be said that a police officer's job?
What are: challenging, rewarding, stressful, and generally secure?
200
Studies show that this might be a reason why someone seeks a career in law enforcement.
What is to help people, job security, and to fight crime?
200
This is the principle that NO ONE is above the law and that government authority is legitimately exercised in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws that are known as these.
What is the "rule of law?"
200
This is a common situation or type of crime in which most police departments have instituted a "mandatory arrest" policy?
What is domestic violence?
200
This is the notion that criminals would rather break into poorly maintained buildings and homes rather than a well-maintained building or home - because the police don't seem to care.
What is "the broken windows" theory?
200
This is why people say that the average police officer has changed dramatically over the past 20-30 years.
What is the increase in hiring women, Hispanic-American, African-American, and more educated candidates?
300
Officers typical learn their obligations, responsibilities, and expectations on the job from experienced officers in a process known as this.
What is the "police subculture?"
300
This is when an officer chooses if and how he/she will intervene in to a situation. They can use this authority. They don't have to make an arrest or do anything in particular.
What is "officer discretion?"
300
Police departments look at the rate at which an officer makes an arrest for a particular crime, which is known as this. The higher the percentage of solved crimes, the better the officer looks to administration. Although this might not be fair if officers are working on harder crimes.
What is "clearance rate?"
300
In which situation is a citizen, witness, or victim LESS likely to cooperate with police officers:
The officer is respectful
The officer is too authoritative
The officer is dressed too nicely
The officer is not wearing a hat
What is "the officer is too authoritative?"
300
If police officers are not respected and actually feared in a particular city or community, it is stated that the police force or law enforcement in general lacks this.
What is "legitimacy?"
400
This is the concept for when officers have a choice as to whether to arrest someone, give them a ticket, give them a warning, or let them off altogether.
What is "police discretion?"
400
If an officer encounters an irrational person creating a disturbance, they have the right to choose any of these alternatives.
What is make an arrest, resolve the matter informally, or simply walk away?
400
Vigilante justice in which either officers or citizens take the the law into their own hands.
What is "street justice?"
400
Name one of the criticisms of the NYPD after they were extremely aggressive against crime and exercised zero tolerance, order maintenance, and the broken windows protections..
What is officers were too aggressive and did not respect the liberty interests of citizens?
400
The public seems to have two very different desires from police officers that police agencies need to balance on a daily basis, which is quite difficult.
What is the public's desire for police to provide them with security v. the public's desire for the police NOT to interfere with their personal rights?
500
The public's perception of police work is which one of these:
Perfectly accurate
Exaggerated
Middle of the road
Consistent among racial groups
What is exaggerated?
500
The publics misperceptions and lack of knowledge of police work oftentimes results in one or all of these:
Increased fear of crime
Lack of reporting of crimes
Less assistance to officers in solving crimes
All of the above
What is all of the above?
500
If it is said that an officer is acting judiciously, it means one of the following:
He is abuse his discretion
He is lacking attention to detail
He is acting sensibly and wisely
All of the above
What is "acting sensibly and wisely?"
500
Even after completing the Police Academy and training with a Field Training Officer (FTO) for weeks or months after getting hired, all officers have to do this in order to continue to be updated about laws and police procedures.
What is have regular "in-service" training?
500
The NYPD aggressive crack down on crime has been criticized by many citizens groups and liberty groups (like the ACLU). However, despite the complaints by these groups, this was the impact on homicide rates in New York City.
What is there were "record-setting" drops in homicide rates as a result?