Exam 3: Police Organization and Administration

In ______ design, patrol officers perform their duties within their assigned geographic area.

What division is regarded as the "backbone" of the police department?

Which of the following would be the largest section of a police department's jurisdiction?

Which of the following would NOT be an argument for hiring civilian employees within a police department?

Some police officers may not be interested in becoming part of a union because the union can take on a life of its own, pursuing its own agenda.

If a police department divides shifts into three 8-hour shifts to ensure 24-hour coverage, this is an example of ______ design.

______ is a movement that encourages decision making at the lowest possible levels and allows for the development of police officers that serve diverse needs in a community instead of focusing only on crime control.

One disadvantage of the functional organizational design is that responsibility and accountability for the completion of work are not clearly understood by the employees of each unit.

Rank structure is another term for the phrase "chain of command."

An Incident Command System, or ICS, that is used in a large-scale emergency situation addresses which of the following problems?

An officer working in a smaller police department has a greater chance of handling a far greater variety of types of cases than an officer who works in a large city police department.

Which of the following is characteristic of a profession?

What is the CALEA, and why was it established?

What are some differences between patrol and investigations?

Police organizations are static in nature.

Which design do police departments use if they want to establish the primary units geographically while retaining significant aspects of functional design?

A member of a profession can generally be expected to possess some form of accreditation, certification, or licensing.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the classical principles of management?

Administrative tasks that are completed by all police organizations, whether small or large in size, include which of the following?

How might a police administrator justify to the city council requesting additional monies to prepare the department for CALEA accreditation, considering how police are perceived by a large portion of society?