Exam 5: History and Structure of American Law Enforcement

Which of the following presidents created the DEA?

The FBI's covert domestic counterintelligence programs ("COINTELPROS") were used against dissidents and their organizations from 1956 through 1971.

The long-serving director of the FBI kept extensive investigative files on thousands of individuals who had been involved in controversial causes and dissident organizations. Who of the following was NOT among those individuals?

The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, on its face, was not intended to prohibit the popular and therapeutic use of marijuana but rather to levy a token tax on anyone who imported, manufactured, produced, compounded, sold, dealt, dispensed, prescribed, administered, or gave away marijuana or any of its derivatives.

Which of the following is NOT a service provided by the U.S. Marshals?

Which of the following federal laws inaugurated America's War on Drugs?

There are more private security companies in the United States than there are public law enforcement agencies.

Who is the longest-serving director of the FBI?

Which of the following men has NOT been an FBI director?

Which of the following events did NOT contribute to the FBI's increasing influence over local policing?

Which of the following men is considered the United States' first "drug czar"?

By the 1970s, research began to show three of the following findings. Which does NOT belong?

During the mid-nineteenth century, it was estimated that one-third to one-half of all currency in circulation in the United States was counterfeit. By comparison, the counterfeit rate today is a fraction of a percent.

Among the models for state law enforcement services is the department of public safety model.

There are three major differences between federal law enforcement agencies and local and state police agencies. Which of the following is NOT among those differences?

Who were the first federal law enforcement agents in the United States?

A local commuter train has a suspicious package on it, found during rush hour. Several passengers said an individual dressed in dark clothes with a full-face mask on entered the train at one of its stations, dropped off the package, and exited immediately. Other passengers immediately left the train and called for security. Security personnel evacuated the train and set up a perimeter of safety and shut down all train service coming into and exiting the station. Twenty minutes later, local police received an anonymous call stating that a bomb was placed on a commuter train and was set to detonate in 24-48 hours unless some prisoners were released from an overseas detention center in a Middle East country. What U.S. agencies would have some jurisdiction over the incident?

Your textbook lists 18 core elements of the security field. Name 10 of these 18 elements.