Exam 9: Policing in the Modern Era

List and describe the three community-policing strategies that allow citizens to view and participate in the world of law enforcement.

________ is not designed specifically for police work.

Which of the following was designed to bring various different federal and local law enforcement agencies together to work nationally on identified threats?

Which of the following would be used to create 3-D images of crime scenes on the computer?

This includes gaining or developing information related to threats of terrorism and using this information to eliminate a threat.

Decision makers use ________ intelligence to keep track of changes in threats in order to create up-to-date responses.

You need to have the police in your department practice some potential scenarios where they will need to rescue civilians in a shootout,but you do not want to create a large off-site simulation that requires a lot of manpower.You would really like to just have a couple officers work on it at a time.What can you use?

Problem-oriented policing seeks to control crime through study of problems.

List and describe the three reasons for the changes that have occurred,and those that are taking place now,in community policing.

________ focuses on prevention of terrorism by training state and local law enforcement officers to understand detect,deter,and investigate.

Multiple government agencies are involved in the battle against terrorism led by the FBI through the ________.

You need to determine where to assign patrols based on the greatest need.What can you use to figure this out?

FATS is a technology that facilitates the drafting of a crime scene so it can be viewed three-dimensionally.

CAD has not adapted to meet the needs of officers and criminal investigators.

One change to police department procedures in response to terrorist threats is to increase guards in public events.

Which of the following elements of the Compstat Model would require operational commanders to identify and take action to correct problems within the command?

________ uses crime mapping and is centered on issues such as street crime and burglary.

Your department wants to get more involved in homeland security efforts because you are located near a border.Which of the following would be a good place to learn more and participate?

You are on a criminal activity task force created to detect terrorism threats in the area.Your team has detected an issue in a section of the city that is heavy with gangs.You need to work with other task forces to gain the information you need and respond to the terrorist activity.Which of the following would help?

Local departments play an important role in responding to the challenges of terrorism.