Exam 11: Issues Concerning Police Conduct

The IACP defines force as "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject."

A common less-lethal force alternative is ___________.

One of the most important discretionary options police officers have is ___________.

__________occurs when officers unfairly stop unoffending motorists in an effort to manipulate their data for statistical purposes.

__________ as it applies to police service-is a series of concepts and beliefs that,combined,provide structure to an agency's operation and officers' professional and personal ethics.

Outline and discuss the effectiveness or safety level of high-speed police pursuits.

Factors included in most police pursuit policies include which of the following?

Discrimination based on a person's race is called ___________.

__________involves moral behavior and doing what is considered right and just.

Racial profiling has its roots in the Civil War era because___________.

Illustrate the use-of-force continuum,showing the range of a citizen's actions,an officer's response,and the types of force used along the continuum.

Many state statutes authorize use of deadly force to prevent commission of a felony.

On the continuum of compromise-the path from honest cop to corrupt cop-the final "stop" is ___________.

The case which effectively removed the absolute sovereign immunity from civil liability previously enjoyed by governmental entities and their employees was ___________.

List and discuss the core virtues you believe are required for one to truly possess integrity and how these virtues serve a police officer.

Which of the following factors have been shown to contribute to an officer's conditioned hesitation?

Discuss the ways an agency and its officers can reduce the risk of civil liability.

The wishes of _____________ are often the single most important influence on police selective enforcement practice.

Which of the following is considered a low-discretion situation?

The landmark case of Brady v.Maryland places on a prosecutor an affirmative constitutional duty to disclose __________evidence,or that favorable to the accused defendant.