Exam 7: Issues in Policing

Which is not one of the six core beliefs at the heart of the police culture

Which term is used to describe the way a person outwardly manifests his or her personality

Although nondeadly force used by officers is unlikely to cause death, it sometimes does.

According to research, which of the following is not a benefit associated with higher education for police officers

Most officers killed in the line of duty are responding to a disturbance call.

Jerry is a police officer. While on patrol he has numerous encounters with citizens daily. One night, Jerry is doing traffic enforcement. Throughout the course of the evening, Jerry gives speeding citations to some drivers and verbal warnings to others. Then, as his shift is winding down, Jerry spots a car driving erratically. He pulls it over and determines that the driver is intoxicated. Jerry decides to arrest the driver. Jerry's decisions that night to give some offenders warnings, give some tickets, and arrest one is an example of which type of discretionary factor

Police departments with more restrictions on the use of force have lower shooting rates.

Studies have shown that minority police officers experience the same family-related stress as white officers.

In Graham v. Connor, the Supreme Court created a reasonableness standard for the use of nondeadly force.

When do officers usually feel the effects of the stress of their profession

Dogmatic, authoritarian, and suspicious are some common police _________________ traits.

When it comes to police discretion and offense seriousness, officers have the most discretion when it comes to crimes such as murder or rape.

CASE 7.2 Detective Smith is a fourteen-year police veteran who has been working in internal affairs for the past four years. He was assigned to internal affairs to investigate allegations of police misconduct and corruption. While working as a police officer, he put himself through law school in the evenings and received his law license six years ago. Although he enjoyed being a road patrol officer, he feels it is more important to protect the citizens of the community against the few corrupt police officers who may exist on his police force. -One of Detective Smith's first investigations as an internal affairs detective is on a seventeen-year police veteran who is being accused of demanding bribes from local drug dealers and helping them transport their narcotics in the trunk of his police car. If the allegations are true, this officer can be classified as a:

The use of force by police officers is not a common event.

African American officers have historically confronted the problem of ____________________, in which they are expected to favor members of their own race while patrolling the population and simultaneously suffering racism from white colleagues.

What factors influence an officer's use of discretion

CASE 7.1 Anthony is a new police recruit who just graduated from the police academy and has been hired by a large metropolitan police department in Florida. He reports to work for his first shift and is assigned a field training officer, Jeffrey. Anthony is excited to begin his work as a police officer, as this is something he has wanted since he was a child. During Anthony's first shift he meets many of his fellow police officers. He is given a lot of different advice by these different officers. He quickly learns that there are different policing styles. -Samantha is also a new police officer. She has been on the force for two months. She remembers seeing Anthony around the police academy and approaches him during roll call. Samantha explains to Anthony that real police work is very different from what they learned at the police academy. She tells Anthony that as police officers they are not community social workers or vigilantes and that they must enforce all statutes and all ordinances. Samantha is most likely which style of police officer

Which of the following is an example of an impact munition

An officer who approaches a group of teenagers standing in a parking lot, checks them for gang symbols, and calls in to the station to ascertain whether any of them have active warrants and arresting those with a warrant, exemplifies which style of policing

Are female police officers still struggling for acceptance