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  1. The medieval English system in which groups of families agreed to uphold the law, keep order, and bring violators to court:
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a. The frankpledge

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  1. Henry Fielding organized a group of “thief Takers” to pursue and arrest law breakers, which became known as:
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a. The Bow Street Runners

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  1. Police forces throughout the United States are characterized by:
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a. Fragmentation and local orientation

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  1. In homage to the home secretary who supported passage of the act creating the London police force, the first English police officers were known as:
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a. Bobbies

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  1. The practice of assigning individuals to night duty as to warn the public of crime that eventually evolved into a system of paid, uniform police:
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a. Watch system

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  1. The law enforcement official, which was created for the enforcement of rural areas as well as maintaining the country jails:
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a. Sheriff

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  1. Government employees who are responsible for federal court security and apprehending fugitives. Originally enforced laws in western territories:
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a. US Marshall

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  1. Which historical era of policing involved close ties between police and local leaders of government?
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a. The political era

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  1. The political era of policing was characterized by which of the following?
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a. Hiring of officers through connections to elected officials

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  1. Which of the following statements is not consistent with the model of professional policing?
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a. Police forces should be actively involved in politics

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  1. According to the theory of broken windows, police should focus more on:
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a. Maintaining order by being attentive to “little problems”

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  1. When police arrest subway fare-beaters, loiterers, and panhandlers they are focusing upon:
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a. Quality of life crimes

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  1. The FBI rose to prominence under the leadership of:
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a. J. Edgar Hoover

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  1. Which of the following tests must recruits pass to become a police officer?
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a. Written, background check, fitness, physical, aka all of these

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  1. Law enforcement certification includes coursework on all of the following except:
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a. Politics

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  1. Learning the informal rule of the department from the other seasoned officers is called:
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a. Socialization

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  1. A training officer defines the “cop’s world” to a new officer by telling her what beliefs and symbols are a part of the department, this is known as:
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a. Subculture

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  1. On the new officer’s first day, her training officer explains to her that she will learn to develop responses to work situations and environmental influences. This is known as:
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a. Working personality

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  1. Which of the following is not one of the five factors that officers must take into account when exercising discretion?
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d. The rank of the responding officer

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  1. Violent victimization that may occur between intimate partners, which frequently requires the use of officer discretion:
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a. Domestic violence

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  1. The application of force against individuals by police officers that violate either department policies or constitutional rights by exceeding the level of force permissible in a given situation:
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a. Excessive use of force

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  1. Officers who partake in a wide range of practices including abusive language, physical force, and/or violence are guilty of:
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a. Police brutality

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  1. Officers who participate in violations of law and departmental policy of personal gain are guilty of:
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a. Corruption

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  1. Officers who participate in small payoffs such as exchanging money for not writing a ticket:
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a. Grass eaters

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  1. Officers who participate in widespread corruption including drug smuggling, money laundering, etc:
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a. Meat eaters

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  1. The is the unit of a police department that receives and investigates complaints alleging violation of rules and policies on the part of officers:
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a. Internal affairs

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  1. Oftentimes, citizens will form a committee to investigate complaints against the police, which are referred to as:
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a. Civilian review board

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  1. This type of policing involved examining social science studies on the nature of crime and social problems:
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a. Evidence based

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  1. Most police work is reactive, which means that police primarily:
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a. Respond to citizen calls for service

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  1. Which of the following is an example of a proactive strategy to combat crime?
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a. Responding to victimless crimes using a stake out

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  1. The policing approach in which calls for service are the main instigators of police action is known as:
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a. Incident-driven policing

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  1. The approach to policing that involves assigning priorities to various calls for service is known as:
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a. Differential response

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  1. To improve efficiency, police departments utilize the policy of differential response, which allows:
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a. The appropriate response

34
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  1. Approach to crime using detailed crime statistics and forcing police supervisors to meet to plan goals for crime prevention purposes:
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a. Compstat

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  1. Employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use necessary force in the commission of their duties:
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a. Sworn officers

36
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  1. Which of the following statements about measurements of police productivity is true?
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a. Clearance rate and crime rate do not give an accurate picture of police productivity

37
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  1. The percentage of crimes that police believe they have solved through an arrest is called:
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a. Clearance rate

38
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  1. Accepting money in exchange for not writing tickets:
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a. Grass eating

39
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  1. Ex) Officers having connections with mobsters, corrupt activity in general:
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a. Meat eating

40
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  1. Where would an officer report meat eating?
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a. Internal affairs

41
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  1. When officers work off-duty security where they are paid a fixed amount:
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a. Departmental contract model

42
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  1. In large departments, detectives make up 2/3 of sworn officers:
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a. False

43
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  1. Preventive patrol involved increased police presence in a community in order to reduce crime:
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a. True

44
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  1. Detectives are more closely supervised than patrol officers:
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a. False

45
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  1. Traffic enforcement is a major job of the police:
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a. True

46
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  1. Police help maintain order by enforcing traffic laws:
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a. True

47
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  1. Hot spots are locations where crimes occur frequently:
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a. True

48
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  1. Which of the constitutional amendments guarantees citizens protection against “unreasonable search and seizure?”
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a. The Fourth amendment

49
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  1. The term “reasonable expectation of privacy” is most relevant to which of the following police activities?
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a. Search

50
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  1. When police officers use their authority to deprive people of their liberty and property and which must not be “unreasonable”:
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a. Seizure

51
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  1. a brief interference with a person’s freedom of movement with a duration that can be measured in minutes is called a:
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a. stop

52
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  1. in order for a stop to be permissible, officers must have:
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a. reasonable suspicion

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  1. what US supreme court case ruled that deadly force may not be used against an unarmed and fleeing suspect unless necessary to prevent their escape and unless the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of serious injury:
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a. Tennessee v. Garner (1985)

54
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Excessive force violates what amendment?

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Fourth

55
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a significant deprivation of liberty, involving taking a person into custody, transporting them to a police station or jail, and processing them into the criminal justice system is call an:

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arrest

56
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To obtain an arrest warrant, police must demonstrate:

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probable cause

57
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Which of the following must police officers seeking a warrant present to a judge?

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affidavit

58
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The US Supreme Court ruled, in this case, that the totality of circumstance test should be used for determining the existence of probable cause:

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Illinois vs. Gates

59
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In what circumstance is the totality of circumstances used?

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To determine whether probable cause exists

60
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Which doctrine permits officers to notice and use as evidence items that are visible to them when they are in a location that they are permitted to be?

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Plain view doctrine

61
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The majority of searches take place without a:

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Warrant

62
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Which of the following is not a way to legally conduct a search without a warrant?

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Supervisor enforced

63
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This case ruled that police can systematically stop drivers in order to seek information:

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Michigam Department of State Police vs. Sitz

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This case ruled that random stops by law enforcement are not constitutional:

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Delaware vs. Prouse

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  1. A Pat down search is also a:
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stop and frisk search

66
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  1. Terry v Ohio endorsed stop and frisk searches to ensure this:
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A. officer’s rights

67
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  1. according to this rule, a suspect who, during a frisk, which is not justified by proper observation and reasonable suspicious is found to be carrying drugs or weapons can seek to have the evidence excluded.
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A. Exclusionary rule

68
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Chris is charged with rape and murder. He was arrested two days ago, he has been questioned several times by three different detectives. Chris requested an attorney at each interrogation immediately after his rights were read to him.
68. The detective in this case have not read Chris the:

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Miranda warnings

69
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Chris is charged with rape and murder. He was arrested two days ago, he has been questioned several times by three different detectives. Chris requested an attorney at each interrogation immediately after his rights were read to him.
According to Massiah vs US, chris is required to:

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Have an attorney present during questioning

70
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Chris is charged with rape and murder. He was arrested two days ago, he has been questioned several times by three different detectives. Chris requested an attorney at each interrogation immediately after his rights were read to him.
Chris informs the police that he will admit that he killed the victim because the victims because the detectives have botched the case and he is going to walk free. Most likely this confession will be:

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Introduced, then excluded

71
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Police officers cannot stop and frisk suspects even if they have reasonable suspicion:

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False

72
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Probable cause must be established before an arrest warrant is issued:

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True

73
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The clause protecting against unwanted search and seizure is protected under the Fifth Ammendment:

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False

74
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The majority of searches take place without a warrant:

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True

75
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If a person is growing marijuana in plain sight in a passing car, a police officer does not need a warrant to stop and seizure evidence:

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True

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