Test Bank For Police Leadership and Administration A 21st-Century Strategic Approach, 2E By Gennaro F. Vito, Anthony G. Vito, William F. Walsh Chapter 1-13
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Police Leadership and Administration Learning Objectives 1. To describe the evolution of policing. 2. To identify the police functions. 3. To describe the types of police departments in the United States. 4. To define the administrative challenge of today’s policing environment. 5. To identify the relationship between the learning organization and strategic policing. 6. To understand the impact of the London police model on professional policing. 7. To describe the relevance of the Principles of Law Enforcement. 8. To define the different paradigmatic shifts in 20th-century American policing. 9. To identify the characteristics of the Community Problem-Solving Paradigm. 10. To be able to list the characteristics of the top suburban police departments. 11. To describe the difference between an open and closed management system. 12. To identify the characteristics of strategic policing. 13. To define the CompStat management system. 14. To describe Intelligence-Led Policing.
Key Terms August Vollmer Bureaucracy Closed system Community problem-solving policing Compstat Deprofessionalization syndrome Intelligence-Led Policing Police Leadership and Administration: A 21st-Century Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition Copyright © 2025, Taylor & Francis. All Rights Reserved.
Learning organization London Metropolitan Police Max Weber New Breed Open system Orlando W. Wilson Paradigm Peel’s Principles of Law Enforcement Police Political era policing Reform era policing Robert Peel Strategic management Strategic policing Street cop culture Types of police organizations
Test Bank Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Since the 1830s, the word “police” has come to mean: a. the authority of the city b. government of the city *c. maintenance of order and the enforcement of law d. citizen control 2. The United States has one of the more decentralized and complex policing systems in the world because of the: *a. Founding Fathers’ fear of a strong centralized government b. Second Amendment c. bureaucratic organization d. Federal governmental control 3. Police departments with less than a thousand sworn officers and limited specialization are: a. urban multilevel police organizations b. county police organizations c. rural police organizations Police Leadership and Administration: A 21st-Century Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition Copyright © 2025, Taylor & Francis. All Rights Reserved.
*d. suburban police organizations 4. The enforcement activities of police officers determine: a. highway safety *b. the limits of individual freedom c. due process d. guilt and innocence 5. Our policing system is responsible for all of the following functions EXCEPT: a. crime control b. order maintenance *c. immigration control d. service provision 6. A learning organization continually enhances its effectiveness by: *a. adapting to the needs of its environment b. holding its employees accountable c. consistently improving its performance criteria d. maintaining tight managerial control 7. An external factor that influences managerial decisions in a police learning organization is: a. the organization’s mission b. recruitment and retention of personnel *c. community demographics d. organizational values 8. The origins of professional policing can be traced to the creation of the: a. Boston Police Department b. New York City Police Department c. Amsterdam Police Department *d. London Metropolitan Police Department 9. Early American policing was based upon all of the following EXCEPT: a. colonial sheriff b. volunteer posse *c. federal agents d. slave patrols 10. The London Metropolitan Police was based upon the principle that: a. officers must demand citizens respect b. aggressive policing is important *c. people are the police and the police are the people d. strong community control 11. According to the Principles of Law Enforcement, the true test of police efficiency is: a. rapid response and low crime rates Police Leadership and Administration: A 21st-Century Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition Copyright © 2025, Taylor & Francis. All Rights Reserved.
*b. the absence of crime and disorder c. visible evidence of police action dealing with crime d. high conviction rates 12. An early American police department that did not owe its loyalty to political bosses is: *a. Boston Police b. New York Police c. Atlanta Police d. Charleston Police 13. O.W. Wilson’s principles of organizational administration include all of the following EXCEPT: a. tasks similar in purpose, method, or clientele should be grouped together *b. the span of control should be increased to its limit c. line personnel must be supervised around the clock d. the principles of unity of command must be applied 14. In strategic policing, strategy is characterized by: a. decentralized service delivery based upon organizational needs *b. information gathering, crime and problem analysis, geographic focus, and tactical development c. random patrol, response to calls-for-service, and after-the-occurrence crime investigation d. centralized policy, standards, rules, and task specialization 15. In order for police organizations to engage in strategic management they must: a. increase patrol strength b. diversify patrol tactics *c. restructure their operational tactics to meet community changing needs d. develop their investigative resources 16. Strategic management requires that a police department’s chief executive and his or her administrative team create: *a. a “strategic vision” for the department b. quantitative output measures c. computer information analysis systems d. tactical patrol units 17. Kelling and Moore (1988) divided the organizational development of American professional policing into all of the following eras EXCEPT: a. political b. reform *c. strategic d. community
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18. During what era did a number of influential police chiefs and police scholars redefine the police function and organization? a. community b. strategic *c. reform d. political 19. The first visionary in policing to advocate the adaptation in policing of theories and concepts drawn from the fields of management, sociology, psychology, and social work is: a. O. W. Wilson *b. August Vollmer c. William Bratton d. Sir Robert Peel 20. Community policing contains all of the following key elements EXCEPT: a. decentralization of patrol units b. selection of officers to liaison with the community *c. problem-response strategies developed at the administrative command level d. citizen and police engage in joint efforts in problem identification, analysis, and resolution True/False Questions 1. A learning organization actively engages, evaluates, and adapts by continually assessing its environmental demands and operational methods. *a. True b. False 2. The first adaptation of the strategic management process in policing occurred in 1994 in the Chicago Police Department with the development of CompStat. a. True *b. False 3. The art and science of formulating and implementing strategies to accomplish organizational goals and objectives is known as strategic management. *a. True b. False 4. Early 20th-century police reformers believed that an administratively controlled police department commanded by a strong independent chief was the ideal administrative model for policing. *a. True b. False 5. Managerial decisions in learning organizations are influenced by a diverse set of factors that are derived from without and within these organizations. *a. True Police Leadership and Administration: A 21st-Century Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition Copyright © 2025, Taylor & Francis. All Rights Reserved.