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Police AdministrationAfter the police academy and by completion of 2 years of service, the sole or predominate orientation
toward being a state agent fades under the ___________________________,
____________________________, and __________________________, which is often antithetical to
the values espoused in the academy. In short, officers go from "nobody who breaks the law deserves a
break" to "you have to approach things realistically, few situations are the same, sometimes you need to
cut somebody some slack". - correct answer ✔✔1. weight of new experiences
2. the views of veteran officers
3. the policing culture
From 1961 through 1966, a period frequently referred to as the __________________________, the
supreme court took an activist role becoming quite literally givers of the law rather than interpreters of it
- correct answer ✔✔due process revolution
This radical islamic group is a geographical region of northwest Africa, comprising the Atlas Mountains
and the modern day countries of Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and Libya
1. Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
2. Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
3. Al- Qaeda
4. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
5. Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
6. HAMAS otherwise known as the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement or Harakat al-Muqawamah
al Islamiyyah (Arabic)
7. Hezbolah
8. Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
9. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State (IS)
10. Jamaah Islamiya (JA)
11. Lashkar-i-Tayyiba (LT)
12. Muslim Brotherhood (MB) - correct answer ✔✔Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
,True or False: Organizational Development (OD) is an applied behavioral science method of changing
organizations through long-term efforts designed to improve the work culture and work processes. -
correct answer ✔✔True
What are the two models of "directed change"? - correct answer ✔✔1. Lewin's three step model
2. Traditional action research model
What are the 3 models regarding officer receptivity to planned organizational change? - correct answer
✔✔1. Life experiences / life chances model
2. Officer / organizational subculture model
3. Organizational / structural model
The "Life Experiences / Life Chances Model" does which of the following:
1. Examines the influence of officers ascribed and achieved status attributes, as measured by their socio-
demographic and work experience characteristics.
2. Addresses the efforts of officers work orientation on their receptivity to planned organizational
change.
3. Asserts that officers receptivity to change is a function of their perceptions of the extent to which their
agency is prepared for such a change. - correct answer ✔✔1. Examines the influence of officers ascribed
and achieved status attributes, as measured by their socio-demographic and work experience
characteristics.
An organizational / structural model does which of the following?
1. Examines the influence of officers ascribed and achieved status attributes, as measured by their socio-
demographic and work experience characteristics.
2. Addresses the efforts of officers work orientation on their receptivity to planned organizational
change.
3. Asserts that officers receptivity to change is a function of their perceptions of the extent to which their
agency is prepared for such a change. - correct answer ✔✔3. Asserts that officers receptivity to change is
a function of their perceptions of the extent to which their agency is prepared for such a change.
,An officer / organizational subculture does which if the following?
1. Examines the influence of officers ascribed and achieved status attributes, as measured by their socio-
demographic and work experience characteristics.
2. Addresses the efforts of officers work orientation on their receptivity to planned organizational
change.
3. Asserts that officers receptivity to change is a function of their perceptions of the extent to which their
agency is prepared for such a change. - correct answer ✔✔2. Addresses the efforts of officers work
orientation on their receptivity to planned organizational change.
True of False: Coaching, when provided by a carefully selected peer or supervisor, can be an invaluable
tool for assisting officers in accepting change. - correct answer ✔✔True
The coach can provide _______________ and ___________________ support for the change process
and can help the individual being coached in such a way to make it easier to be implemented. - correct
answer ✔✔social / emotional
Coaching can be a critical part of the change process because if focus on - correct answer ✔✔The
individuals own agenda
The Kotter Model of Successful Change is composed of eight steps - correct answer ✔✔1. Establish a
sense of Urgency
2. Form a powerful coalition
3. Create vision
4. Communicate the vision
5. Empower others to act on the vision
6. Plan for and create short term vision
7. Consolidating improvements and creating still more change
8. Institutionalizing new approaches
, Under the basic types of police tort actions, law can be divided into two parts - correct answer ✔✔1.
Criminal law
2. Civil law
What is defined as a public injury, an offense against the state, punishable by fine and/or imprisonment?
- correct answer ✔✔Crime
Crimes exemplified in the FBI Crime Index are - correct answer ✔✔1. Murder
2. Aggravated assault
3. Robbery
4. Rape (sexual battery)
5. Burglary
6. Larceny over $200.00
7. Auto theft
8. Arson
What is defined as a private injury inflicted on one person by another person for which the injured party
may sue in a civil action - correct answer ✔✔Tort
The injured party initiates the lawsuit is called the - correct answer ✔✔Plaintiff
The sued person is called the _________________ and is often referred to as the "tort feasor" - correct
answer ✔✔Defendant
Most suits against police officers fall into three general categories of torts. What are they - correct
answer ✔✔1. Negligence torts
2. Intentional torts
3. Constitutional torts
In this type of lawsuit, Defendants are not liable unless they foresaw or should have anticipated that
their acts or omissions would result in injury to another - correct answer ✔✔Negligence suits
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