POLICE FIELD OPERATIONS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The person who has responsibility for the county jail is - Answers -The sheriff
Which is not one of the eras depicting the historical development of law enforcement in
america - Answers -Design Era
A federal government initiative which hastened the professionalism movement was -
Answers -The omnibus crime bill
The programs that poured 9 billion dollars for research and equipment for the police,
courts and corrections were - Answers -LEEP and LEAA programs
Which is not one of the objectives of police field operations - Answers -Traffic accident
reporting
Working with the community to find out what the people fear the most and working to
help alleviate their fears and improve their quality of life is most likely the definition of -
Answers -community policing
Repression of crime is most likely accomplished through - Answers -police
omnipresence
A group of people gather for a lawful purpose and then begin to commit crimes of
vandalism and assault. This most likely defines - Answers -an unlawful assembly
Which is not one of the four stages of SARA - Answers -communication
In 1994, chief william bratton, LAPD adopted the philosophy that there are 4 principles
for crime reduction. Which is not one of the four principles? - Answers -inter-agency
communication
On septmeber 13, 1994 President ___________ signed the violent crime control law
enforcement act - Answers -Bill clinton
The publication which provides users with annual crime statistics is - Answers -Uniform
crime reports
Individuals who write graffiti on buildings and overpasses are known as - Answers -
taggers
Patrol officers routinely conduct inspection services as part of their patrol routine. Which
is not an inspection service that the patrol division would routinely inspect? - Answers -
all of the above are preformed by patrol division
, An officers job is not finished until a culprit is identified and - Answers -all appeals have
been exhausted
Prioritizing calls for services is best described as - Answers -differential response
A stakeout is an example of - Answers -proactive patrol
A response after an analysis of where crimes are occurring and with that frequency and
who the active offenders currently out of jail or in prison most appropriately describes -
Answers -Selective enforcement
freedom to make independent decisions based upon your knowledge, training,
experience, and the circumstances at the time best describes - Answers -discretion
Stewie is a sgt working mids when he receives a police run to moe's bar at 0300. The
alarm is going off, upon arrival, stewie observes two uniformed officers placing a case of
whiskey in an open trunk of their cruiser parked in the alley. The appropiate thing for
stew to do is? - Answers -ask the officers what they are doing
Which of the following would not prohibit you from becoming a cop in michigan? -
Answers -having one leg
An officer confiscates money from a defendant and reduces the amount actually
reported as confiscated. This policy is referred to as - Answers -skimming
Garrity rights may be utulized to force a response from a police officer being questioned
pursuant to being a suspect in a criminal investigation - Answers -True
The president who was in office when the crime commission report was published in
1968 was lyndon johnson - Answers -true
The father of modern american policing is - Answers -august vollmer
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a community policing program - Answers
-all of the above are characteristics
What should be included in a community policing program - Answers -all of the above
should be included
The person generally acknowledged to have started community policing was/is -
Answers -Sire Robert Peel
Which type of patrol is characteristic of community policing - Answers -helicopter
The crime commission report of 1967, omnibus crime bill and law enforcement
assistance programs were directed by - Answers -President lyndon johnson
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