Exam 7: Policing Methods and Challenges: Issues of Force, Liability, Technologies

How do the provisions of U.S. Code Title 42, Section 1983 apply to police officers?

Which of the following would be subject to registration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?

Which of the following is an example of police brutality?

Which of the following is a drawback of using smartphones in policing?

Which of the following refers to the most difficult form of police brutality to overcome?

According to research conducted by the National Center for Women and Policing, a female officer would more effectively respond to which crime as opposed to a male colleague?

Which of the following is a reason police brutality persists according to the Human Rights Watch's report responding to excessive use of force?

Which of the following refers to a factor that contributed in large part to an event that caused harm?

Robert is a police officer who has been reassigned to a precinct riddled with violent crime and drug activity. Before starting on his first day, Robert decides that he will do everything in his power to control crime in his new precinct. To that end, he tells his partner that together they will "take back" the precinct. Which of the following does this most exemplify?

In recent years, the number of females in the policy force have ______.

Our society recognizes a single legitimate form of force: the right to self-defense.

Women now represent approximately 50% of the police workforce.

Which of the following was one point of controversy that arose during the weeks of protest after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri?

The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing was created in response to which of the following?

An officer who illegally detains a citizen because the citizen was disrespectful can be sued for malicious prosecution.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling notes that use of force must be ______.

Explain how Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures apply to electronically stored information.

Which of the following is the burden of proof in criminal cases?

What has the U.S. Supreme Court ruled with regard to high-speed police pursuits?

Police departments generally leave the decisions related to high-speed pursuits to the discretion of individual officers depending on the circumstances of the case.