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Police-Relations Exam 2 Questions and Answers
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Police-Relations Exam 2 Questions andAnswers
1. What is meant by police discretion?
a. The acts police officers engage in
b. The judgement used by police officers in different circumstances
c. The interpretation of policy by police officers
d. non of the above - Answers -b. The judgement used by police officers in different
circumstances
2. According to Herman Goldstein, all of the following factors shape the police function
except,
a. politics
b. the law
c. public expectations
d. tasks that police are engaged in - Answers -a. politics
3. The reality of the police function often places officers in a no win situation that
requires,
a. excessive use of force
b. extra-legal advice
c. compromise
d. negligence - Answers -c. compromise
4. What assumption often places police officers at odds with those who report apparent
crimes?
a. That there is actually something the police can do about the problem
b. That the law has been violated
c. That the police will make an arrest
d. That the police have legal authority - Answers -c. That the police will make an arrest
5. In light of circumstances that they face, police officers often resort to alternatives to
arrest when they feel that an arrest is not appropriate. These alternatives can include all
of the following except,
a. citing the offender for a lesser offense
b. releasing the offender to a responsible third party
,c. verbal warning
d. referral to a military recruiter - Answers -d. referral to a military recruiter
6. What is the primary duty of a law enforcement officer?
a. Counsel wayward adolescents
b. Engage in community activities
c. Apply the law to situations
d. Make friends in the community - Answers -c. Apply the law to situations
7. What is the fundamental differences between the law enforcement role and the police
role?
a. Police officers view the need to use force as a failure; law enforcement officers view
the use of force and a tool, not to use force when force is justified is a weakness
b. Police officers see themselves as peace keepers; law enforcement officers see
themselves as enforces
c. Police officers are problem solvers; law enforcement officers are instruments of
societal control
d. all of the above - Answers -d. all of the above
8. Three styles of police departments were identified by Wilson that include,
a. Legalistic, Watchman, and Service
b. Legalistic, Service, and Enforcement
c. Watchman, Service, and Counseling
d. Service, Legalistic, and Coercive - Answers -a. Legalistic, Watchman, and Service
9. The primary characteristics of a service style police agency include all of the following
except,
a. the police take all requests for law enforcement and order maintenance seriously
b. the police ignore minor complaints as a waste of time
c. this style works best when there is general agreement in the community concerning
the need for and definition of public order
d. the style most consistent with community oriented policing - Answers -b. the police
ignore minor complaints as a waste of time
10. How does a typical police officer view their role?
a. As a law enforcer
b. As a counselor
c. As a social worker
d. A community caretaker - Answers -a. As a law enforcer
, 11. The best police officers, the "wisest" officers, recognize what about their
enforcement role?
a. Enforcing the law is the most efficient way to maintain order
b. Enforcing the law is their duty, not to be neglected
c. Enforcing the law often generates resentment
d. Enforcing the law is futile - Answers -c. Enforcing the law often generates resentment
12. All of the following statements are true with regard to officer assigned and officer
initiated activity except,
a. Officers have no choice but to engage in assigned activity
b. Officers may, or may not, choose to engage in self-initiated activity
c. Officers who do not engage in self-initiated activity may be lazy
d. Officers must make arrests when engaging in assigned activity - Answers -d. Officers
must make arrests when engaging in assigned activity
13. Individual police officers are likely to adopt one of the following individual styles
characterized as,
a. Old style crime fighter, Clean beat crime fighter, The Professional, and the Service
Style
b. Old beat crime fighter, the Professional, and the Service style
c. Old style crime fighter, clean beat crime fighter, the Professional, and the warrior
d. The old style crime fighter, the clean beat crime fighter, the Professional, and the
Social Worker - Answers -a. Old style crime fighter, Clean beat crime fighter, The
Professional, and the Service Style
14. According to Brown, what is the primary characteristic(s) of the service style?
a. Officers adopting this style rarely make arrests
b. Officers adopting this style rarely generate citizen complaints
c. Officers adopting this style are non-aggressive and highly selective
d. Officers adopting this style are not reliable law enforcers - Answers -c. Officers
adopting this style are non-aggressive and highly selective
15. Conflict is most likely within the police service between which two styles of officer?
a. The clean beat crime fighter and the professional
b. The service style and the professional
c. The professional and the old style crime fighter
d. The old style crime fighter and the professional - Answers -b. The service style and
the professional
16. What is racial profiling as it applies to law enforcement?
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