Exam 6: Challenges to Effective Policing

Police corruption is considered the abuse of authority by a law enforcement officer for personal gain.

Deadly force is the degree of force that is appropriate to protect the police officer or other citizens and is not excessive.

According to Gay, Schell, and Schack, officers tend to spend how much of their time on patrol responding to calls for service?

The first modern police force was developed in _________ in 1829.

Which of the following defines what police call a "cold hit"?

Explain the differences between the police academy and field training and why it is important for officers to have both types of training.

Arrests that come about as part of the ordinary routine of police patrol and responses to calls for service are called:

The __________ is a comparison of the number of crimes cleared by some sort of dissolution of a case that may result in arrest and prosecution with the number of crimes reported during any given time period

When a police officer accepts money or other forms of payment in exchange for "favors" It is known as:

Explain how ethical breaches committed by police officers undermine public confidence in law enforcement?