Core Police Functions
Community Policing & Community Involvement
Policing in the Modern Era
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Y2K Fun Facts
100

Modern crime prevention aims to do which of the following? 

increase crime & criminal opportunities / prevent all criminal activity / increase the public's fear of crime / lower the potential rewards of crime

Lower the potential rewards of crime

100

Which of the following would seek to identify problem areas in crime, and determine creative solutions? 

community justice / problem-oriented policing / community policing / private policing

Problem-oriented policing

100

Which of the following was designed to bring various different federal and local law enforcement agencies together to work nationally on identified terrorist threats? 

IACP / JTTF / RTTF / FINCEN

JTTF - Joint Terrorism Task Force

100

Which of the following places a strain on improving relationships between citizens and police? 

war on poverty / war on drugs / war on violence in schools / war on terrorism

War on Terrorism

100

Which artist earned the distinction of being the best-selling musician in the 2000s?

Eminem

200

The majority of 911 calls are directed to ___? 

fire services / emergency medical services / the police / wrong numbers

The police

200

What was one of the ways that community era reformers attempted to improve relationships with citizens and ensure citizen satisfaction? 

increased car patrols / created more jail cells / reduced police presence / increased foot patrols

Increased foot patrols

200

Which of the following would be a characteristic of CompStat, but not intelligence-led policing.

 threat driven / disrupt enterprises / crime mapping / task forces

Crime mapping

200

Based on police subculture, which of the following would be an example of a traditional view of police work? 

community policing / public relations / crime fighting / social change

crime fighting

200

Which movie had the highest box office collections in the 2000s?

Avatar

300

The type of patrol associated with deterrence theory is ____? 

directed patrol / foot patrol / saturation patrol / preventative patrol

preventative patrol

300

Which of the following perspectives emphasizes the importance of the police and citizens working closely together to improve neighborhoods and make them safer places? 

customer perspective / deployment perspective / legitimacy perspective / community-revitalization perspective

Community revitalization perspective

300

Which of the following sources of intelligence would include interviews and interrogations? 

decision making / strategic targeting / crime prevention / intelligence gathering

Intelligence gathering

300

The goal-oriented strategic management process that deals with operational strategy is called which of the following? 

Compstat / drafting / crime mapping / geographic profiling

CompStat

300

Which social media giant came into existence in the year 2004?

Facebook

400

Hot spots and hot times are associated with which type of patrol? 

K9 assisted patrol / focused patrol / directed patrol / saturation patrol

Directed patrol

400

Which of the following perspectives emphasizes the importance of police listening to citizens and serving their needs? 

deployment perspective / the customer perspective / legitimacy perspective / community revitalization perspective

The customer perspective

400

Which of the following would provide information that could be used to develop strategies designed to respond to changing threats? 

law enforcement intelligence / tactical intelligence / strategic intelligence / intelligence-led policing

Strategic Intelligence

400

Which of the following dimensions would include assigning officers to schools to help build relationships with students by acting as mentors and role models? 

philosophical / strategic / tactical / organizational

Strategic

400

In 'The Simpsons' family, who is a vegetarian?

Lisa

500

A focused patrol might target certain ____? 

problems / locations / times / all the above

All the above

500

Which of the following would promote the development of creative forms of crime control, such as drug courts and teen courts? 

community justice / problem-oriented policing / community prosecution / community policing

Community Justice

500

Which of the following includes gaining or developing information related to threats of terrorism and using this information to eliminate a threat? 

tactical intelligence / law enforcement intelligence / strategic intelligence / intelligence-led policing

tactical intelligence

500

You are looking for a particular criminal and want to locate him based on the crimes that have been connected to him.  Which of the following would help you? 

Compstat / pin maps / crime mapping research center / geographic profiling

Geographic profiling

500

In the video game released in 2009 named Angary Birds, what color are the pigs in this game?

Green