Exam 7: Policing Organizations and Practices

The first Black police officer was Samuel Battle.

The ______ was established within the Department of Justice in 1994 as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.

Robert Peel's principles of police helped shape the modern system of policing.

What are the major contributions of August Vollmer?

Today, the largest state agency is ______.

State law enforcement agencies provide investigative emergency assistance to local agencies and federal agencies.

The test of police ______ is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.

The ______ found that increasing (or decreasing) the level of police presence in a region did not have a significant effect on crimes such as burglary, theft, robbery, or vandalism.Such changes in patrol patterns also did not impact citizen satisfaction levels with their police or their fear about crime.

In 2018, the majority of the police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department identified as ______.

Which of the following agencies is generally known as the protective detail of noticed political dignitaries, including the president of the United States?

What role makes up the majority of the sworn officers in a department? What are they responsible for?

Problem-oriented policing is a reactive model, just like order maintenance policing.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations works towards which of the following goals?

Research indicates that policewomen have been particularly successful within models of community policing due to enhanced ______.

SARA stands for scanning, analysis, response, and assessment.

______ is a type of directed patrol that uses crime-mapping technologies.

The jurisdiction of an agency determines both the demographic boundaries of their authority as well as the types of cases they might handle on a regular basis.

The first female police officer was hired by the ______.

The mission of the Department of Homeland Security is centered on protecting our nation's borders and preventing acts of terrorism.

______ targets a specific area of a city.