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MPOETC Cert Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded Police
authority comes from?
Ans: the PA Constitution
Sir Robert Peel
Ans: English Legislature, First metropolitan PD in 1829, Emphasized
Community Policing
Pendelton Act
Ans: Civil service reform act, reform measure that established the principle
of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and
created the Civil Service Commission
Political Era
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Ans: 1840's to 1920's: the period when police agencies were first
established to provide law enforcement in the major American cities. Lots
of corruption and strong political ties.
Reform Era
Ans: President Roosevelt put civil service tests in place for hiring.
Community Era
Ans: Community policing is a philosophy. (involve people), Peels principals
were put into play.
New Era
Ans: Post 9/11, strong community policing with emphasis on ethics.
Ethics
Ans: Code of values
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Professionalism
Ans: Doing your job the way it is supposed to be done
Public trust
Ans: The granting of public authority to a government representative with
the explicit requirement that authority be exercised on behalf of the
public
Community oriented philosophy
Ans: Policing based on the concept that that police officers and citizens
must work together to help solve community problems related to crime,
fear of crime and neighborhood disorder.
Goals of the criminal justice system
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Ans: due process
- protect people
Crime prevention
- deterrence
- incapacitation
- rehabilitation
Levels of courts
Ans: - Magisterial District Court
- Common Pleas Court
- Superior Court
- State Supreme Court
- US Supreme Court
Branches of Criminal Justice Ststem
MPOETC Cert Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded Police
authority comes from?
Ans: the PA Constitution
Sir Robert Peel
Ans: English Legislature, First metropolitan PD in 1829, Emphasized
Community Policing
Pendelton Act
Ans: Civil service reform act, reform measure that established the principle
of federal employment on the basis of open, competitive exams and
created the Civil Service Commission
Political Era
,2 | Page
Ans: 1840's to 1920's: the period when police agencies were first
established to provide law enforcement in the major American cities. Lots
of corruption and strong political ties.
Reform Era
Ans: President Roosevelt put civil service tests in place for hiring.
Community Era
Ans: Community policing is a philosophy. (involve people), Peels principals
were put into play.
New Era
Ans: Post 9/11, strong community policing with emphasis on ethics.
Ethics
Ans: Code of values
,3 | Page
Professionalism
Ans: Doing your job the way it is supposed to be done
Public trust
Ans: The granting of public authority to a government representative with
the explicit requirement that authority be exercised on behalf of the
public
Community oriented philosophy
Ans: Policing based on the concept that that police officers and citizens
must work together to help solve community problems related to crime,
fear of crime and neighborhood disorder.
Goals of the criminal justice system
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Ans: due process
- protect people
Crime prevention
- deterrence
- incapacitation
- rehabilitation
Levels of courts
Ans: - Magisterial District Court
- Common Pleas Court
- Superior Court
- State Supreme Court
- US Supreme Court
Branches of Criminal Justice Ststem
