Law Enforcement Administration Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Law Enforcement Administration explores the organizational structure, management practices, and leadership strategies within policing agencies. The course covers key areas such as personnel management, budgetary considerations, policy development, ethical decision-making, and the integration of technology in law enforcement operations. Students will examine contemporary issues facing administrators, including community relations, accountability, and the implementation of reform initiatives. Through case studies and applied exercises, students gain practical knowledge necessary to navigate the challenges and responsibilities of leadership in modern law enforcement environments.
Recommended Textbook POLICE 2nd Edition by John S. Dempsey
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Chapter 1: Police History
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Q1) Vigiles were originally firefighters in early times and were eventually given law enforcement responsibilities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The 1960s saw the U.S.Supreme Court focus on:
A)expansion of governmental authority
B)broad interpretation of the Fourth Amendment
C)individual rights
D)corporate rights
Answer: C
Q3) The ______________ of 1919 was one of the most significant events in the history of policing, and it increased interest in police reform.
Answer: Boston Police Strike
Q4) ____________________ established the first large scale, uniformed, paid, civil police force in London.
Answer: Sir Robert Peel
Q5) The ____________ is considered the first form of English police officer.
Answer: Constable
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Chapter 2: Organizing Security in the United States
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Q1) Rural and small-town law enforcement agencies engage in ____________________ programs with neighboring agencies and come to one another's aid when necessary.
Answer: mutual assistance
Q2) The U.S.Constitution does give the national government power over a limited number of crimes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In 2010, the _____________________inspector general issued a special report stating that the state and local police officers who enforce federal immigration laws through ICE's 287(g) program are not adequately screened, trained or supervised, and the civil rights of the immigrants they deal with are not consistently protected.
Answer: Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)
Q4) _______________ investigate people who are illegally trafficking in government-protected animals and birds, such as falcons.
Answer: Wildlife law enforcement agents
Q5) The investigative arm of the Navy and Marines is called the
Answer: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
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Chapter 3: Organizing the Police Department
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Q1) An example of an operations unit in a police department would be:
A)patrol
B)communications
C)training
D)internal affairs
Answer: A
Q2) Informal job actions by officers in which they refuse to perform certain job functions is known as the _____________________.
Answer: blue flu
Q3) The management concept that says that each individual in an organization is supervised by one immediate supervisor or boss who in turn reports to a higher supervisor is termed:
A)ladder of command
B)hierarchy of command
C)span of control
D)chain of command
Answer: D
Q4) The first-line supervisor in the police chain of command is the ____________________.
Answer: sergeant
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Chapter 4: Becoming a Police Officer
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Q1) Oral interview boards are used to examine a candidate's characteristics that might be otherwise difficult to assess, including poise, presence, and communication skills.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Detail the criticisms of physical agility testing.
Q3) Select the correct answer regarding police age requirements.
A)Most departments require beginning officers to be less than 29 years old.
B)Most departments require beginning officers to be less than 35 years old.
C)Most departments have no maximum age limit.
D)Fifty percent of departments have maximum age limits.
Q4) The label given to the current generation of 18 to 25 year olds:
A)generation X
B)generation Y
C)yuppie
D)generation Next
Q5) Explain the typical selection process most police departments use to identify and select qualified police officers.
Q6) Why are field training programs and probationary periods vital phases in the police hiring process?
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Chapter 5: The Police Role and Police Discretion
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Q1) The police emphasize their role as ___________.
Q2) Compare and contrast each of James Q.Wilson's police department operational styles.
Q3) Who arranged for the organization of the first paid, full-time, uniformed police department, conceived of the police role as a conspicuous community-oriented patrol designed more for prevention and deterrence than for enforcement?
A)Henry Fielding
B)Carl B.Klockars
C)Sir Robert Peel
D)Egon Bittner
Q4) The two primary goals and objectives of police departments, according to Sheehan and Cordner, are maintaining order and protecting life and property.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________________ and assisting prosecutors in bringing charges against defendants is one of the primary methods used by police to maintain order and protect life and property.
Q6) What do you think the police's role really is?
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Chapter 6: Police Culture, Personality, and Stress
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Q1) The stress affecting police officers rarely affects their families.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Suicide is a serious problem in policing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Under stressful circumstances, quantities of______________, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands, are released into the bloodstream.
Q4) ____________________ is the body's reaction to internal or external stimuli that upset the body's normal state.
Q5) Studies have indicated that police officers face serious marital problems, health problems, and problems with alcohol and drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The attitude by police that there is no hope for the world and a view of humanity at its worst is known as ____________________.
Q7) Explain the phenomenon of suicide by cop.
Q8) Why do police officers socialize together?
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Chapter 7: Minorities in Policing
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Q1) Describe the role the federal government played in removing equal employment opportunity barriers to women and minorities in policing.
Q2) _____ of sworn personnel in local police departments are Hispanic.
A)19.5%
B)22.7%
C)10.3%
D)l.8%
Q3) _____ of sworn personnel in local police departments are African American.
A)11.9%
B)20.7%
C)5.2%
D)18.9%
Q4) The most prevalent form of discrimination has been:
A)separate job titles
B)disparate recruiting
C)de facto discrimination
D)standard discrimination
Q5) The primary instrument governing employment equality, as well as all equality, in U.S.society is the ____________________ Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Chapter 8: Police Ethics and Police Deviance
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Q1) ____________ means that a police officer may be sued in civil court for improper behavior, using such civil law concepts as negligence and torts.
A)Criminal liability
B)Civil liability
C)Administrative liability
D)Strict liability
Q2) Noble cause corruption refers to situations where a police officer bends the rules to attain the "right" result.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Units within police departments that "police the police" are called ____________________.
Q4) Advocates of police civil damage lawsuits see these lawsuits as a vehicle for stimulating ________________.
Q5) Basic ethics are the rather broad moral principles that govern all conduct, whereas applied ethics focuses these broad principles upon specific applications.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Patrol Operations
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Q1) _____ is the most expensive part of a police department's budget.
A)Fuel cost
B)Equipment
C)Personnel
D)Liability insurance
Q2) The Kansas City Study indicated that adding or removing police random routine patrol:
A)caused crime to increase
B)caused crime to decrease
C)had no effect on crime
D)eliminated crime altogether
Q3) Explain what the research says about police pursuits and how law enforcement is responding to this information.
Q4) Which item below is not a new tactical approach to crime control according to your text?
A)alternative vehicle deployment
B)decoy vehicles
C)aggressive patrol
D)all are new tactical approaches
Q5) Discuss the value of evidence-based policing.
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Chapter 10: Investigations
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Q1) Explain the detective mystique and how it has developed.
Q2) ____________________ involve using various undercover methods to apprehend thieves and recover stolen property.
Q3) A(n) ____________________ investigation is an investigation in which an investigator assumes a different identity in order to obtain information or achieve another investigatory purpose.
Q4) Which of the following is a solvability factor in the Managing Criminal Investigations program?
A)Is there a witness?
B)Is a suspect named or known?
C)Will the complainant cooperate?
D)All of the above
Q5) Repeat offender programs (ROPs) are based on the fact that only a few criminals are responsible for most of the predatory street crime in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Detectives often re-interview victims and witnesses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Police and the Community
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Q1) National research strongly supports the short-term efforts of DARE, but the long-term success relative to drug avoidance is mixed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The school resource officer, a position designed to combat the increase of juvenile crime and improve relationships between school children and the police, has proven to be effective.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The police do not deal with the homeless as they are only referred to social service organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Crime Stoppers is a program in which:
A)police operate decoy programs where they dress like possible crime victims
B)police open up storefronts and pose as criminals who buy stolen property
C)the police ask television and radio stations to publicize a "crime of the week" and citizens call tips into a special police phone number
D)all of the above
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Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Debate Continues
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Q1) Discuss the contributions of Herman Goldstein to the concept of problem-solving policing.
Q2) The Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan Police Department was recognized for a community policing program that improved calls involving mental illness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called ____________________.
Q4) ____________________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.
Q5) This new center focuses on anti-terrorism and in comprised of federal, state and local employees.
A)Fission
B)Center for anti-terrorism
C)Fusion
D)Homeland Security
Q6) The president responsible for the 1994 Crime Bill was ____________________.
Q7) What is the rationale behind community policing?
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Chapter 13: Police and the Law
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Q1) Search warrants are necessary for all searches by police officers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Due to the mobility of an automobile, this case allowed police to search automobiles upon probable cause but without a search warrant:
A)Florida v.Bostick
B)California v.Greenwood
C)Hester v.United States
D)Carroll v.United States
Q3) The automobile exception to the search warrant requirement is referred to as the Carroll doctrine.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How do the Bill of Rights and the actions of the U.S.Supreme Court regulate the police?
Q5) Probable cause is the standard of proof a police officer needs to arrest an individual.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Computers, Technology, and Criminalistics in Policing
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Q1) The modern CompStat program began in:
A)Chicago
B)London
C)New York
D)Los Angles
Q2) The technology director for the National Emergency Number Association reports that ____ percent of the nation is covered by dispatch centers that have enhanced 911 capabilities.
A)12
B)33
C)51
D)96
Q3) Marks made by fingers touching a surface after the ridges have been in contact with a colored material such as blood, paint, grease, or ink are called:
A)inked prints
B)latent prints
C)plastic prints
D)acoustic prints
Q4) NCIC stands for
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Chapter 15: Homeland Security
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Q1) "The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or a segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives" is the FBI's definition of:
A)counterterrorism
B)cyberterrorism
C)terrorism
D)intelligence
Q2) On October 8, 2001, President Bush signed Executive Order 13228, which established the:
A)U.S.Patriot Act
B)War on Terrorism
C)Office of Homeland Security
D)U.S.Anti-Terrorism Act
Q3) In 1998, Earth Liberation Front (ELF) members were linked to the destruction of the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado, a fire that caused $12 million in damage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe and discuss the major changes in the FBI's priorities since 9/11.
Q5) How does the USA Patriot Act affect citizens' civil liberties?
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