Police officer can fill more than one leadership role and move frequently between each. - Answers-Personnel: Supervising , training, and motivating personnel to achieve the goals of the organization.
Spokesman- openly promoting and advocating for people and agencies.
Entrepreneur-Developing sol...
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EXAM AND ANSWERS.
Sir Robert Peel - Answers-In 1829 __________ established the London Metropolitan
Police Force. He is known as the "Father of Modern Policing." Many of the core ideas
and principles he helped establish almost 200 years ago remain applicable today.
Peel's Core Ideas - Answers-1. The goal is preventing crime not catching criminals.
2. The Key to preventing crime is earning public support.
3. The police earn public support by respecting community principles.
-enforcing the laws impartially
-hiring police officer
-using force as a last resort
Policing Principles - Answers-1. To prevent crime and disorder.
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of
police actions.
3. To seek and preserve public favor.
4. To use physical force when ONLY is necessary and there is no other way.
5. To maintain all times a relationship with the public. -the police are the public and the
public is the police.
6. Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never
appear to usurp the powers of the judiciary.
7. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of
police actions."
"Policing" - Answers-Is the practice of peace keeping, protecting property, deterring
crime, and apprehending offenders.
American policing has three distinguishing characteristics - Answers-1. the police must
be responsive to public demands.
2. the public has a right to demand police be held accountable for their actions.
3. transparency is required to evaluate police actions and foster needed trust with the
community.
Law enforcement - Answers-Is merely one aspect of policing
The motto for every MPTC academy throughout the Commonwealth is: -
Answers-"Professioanal Service through Integrity, Equality, and Excellence.
professional - Answers-"The skill, good judgment, and polite behavior expected from a
person who is trained to do a job well."
• "The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize a person or occupation."
, Service - Answers-• "The work performed in contribution to the welfare of others."
• "Useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity."
Integrity - Answers-firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values.
• soundness
• incorruptibility
• the quality of being honest and fair
• state of being complete or undivided
• firm adherence to a code of moral values
M.G.L. Chapter 268A §23(b)(3) provides standards of conduct for Integrity -
Answers-"No current officer or employee of a state, county or municipal agency shall
knowingly, or with reason to know act in a manner that
would cause a reasonable person, having knowledge of the relevant circumstances, to
conclude that any person can improperly
influence or unduly enjoy his [her] favor in the performance of his or her official duties,
or that he [she] is likely to act or fail to act as a result of kinship, rank, position, or undue
influence of any party or person."
Equality - Answers-"The quality or state of being equal."
• "The quality or state of having the same rights, social status, etc."
Excellence - Answers-• "Extremely high quality."
• "Well above average in value."
Ethics - Answers-rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad.-
• guiding philosophy
• set of moral principles or values
• consciousness of moral importance
• set of moral issues or aspects (as rightness)
• principles of conduct governing an individual or a group
Moral - Answers-Concerning or relating to what is right and wrong in human behavior.
• judgement relating to principles of right and wrong behavior
• person capable of right and wrong action
Leadership - Answers-"Persuading other people to set aside, for a period of time, their
individual concerns and to pursue a common goal that is important for the
responsibilities and welfare of the group."9
• "The process of communication (verbal and non-verbal) that involves coaching,
motivating or inspiring, directing or guiding, and supporting or counselling others."10
• "The ability to influence and mobilize individuals identified with specific skills to discuss
and complete specific tasks to achieve results."11
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