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Law Enforcement Exam Questions andAnswers
General-service law enforcement agencies - Answer-Agencies regularly engaged in
preventing crime, investigating crimes and apprehending criminals, maintaining order
and providing other miscellaneous services
Coercive force - Answer-The power to take someone's life, the use of physical force,
and the power to deprive people of their liberty through arrest
Social control - Answer-The organized ways in which society responds to behavior and
people it regards as deviant, problematic, worrying, threatening, troublesome or
undesirable in some way or another
Problem-oriented policing - Answer-Represents a different approach to the complexity
of the police role, represents a proactive approach. Says the police should identify
particular kinds of crime and disorder and develop appropriate responses.
Community policing - Answer-Alters the basic philosophy of policing. Holds that police
should work closely with community residents, instead of being an inward looking
bureaucracy; that they should emphasize crime prevention as opposed to law
enforcement; and that they should decentralize the decision making authority to rank-
and-file officers, as opposed to the top-down rank.
Zero-tolerance policing - Answer-Concentrates on relatively minor quality of life issues,
such as urinating in public. Belief that tough enforcement on minor crimes directly
contributes to a significant reduction in serious crime.
Team policing - Answer-A radical innovation in the early 1970's involving restructuring
police operations along neighborhood lines and decentralizing decision-making
authority
Fragmentation - Answer-Law enforcement is broken down into separate, decentralized
parts
Authorized strength - Answer-The maximum number of sworn officers any given law
enforcement agency is authorized to employ
Civilians - Answer-Those who follow the pursuits of civil life and are not employed as
sworn officers or officials
Police-population ratio - Answer-The standard measure for the level of police protection
in a community; usually expressed as the number of sworn officers per thousand
residents
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