Deck 2: Organizing Public Security in the United States

Question 1

In the United States, law enforcement has developed over the years based on a philosophy of local control.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Among local departments, women account for approximately __________ percent of sworn personnel.

A)12
B)20
C)30
D)40

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What institution is responsible for the investigation of counterfeit U.S.currency?

A)FBI
B)Secret Service
C)Internal Revenue Service
D)Organized Crime and Racketeering Unit

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In the United States, the creation of laws and the power to enforce them have traditionally been matters for the federal government, not the states.

Question 5

The largest local police department is the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), with over 36,000 sworn officers.

Question 6

When last reported, women accounted for 34 percent of federal law enforcement employees.

Question 7

The exclusive governmental power to make or enforce laws in American Indian country is completely in the hands of tribal governments; federal and state governments have no power in Indian country.

Question 8

Only 12 percent of local police departments in the United States use bicycle patrols.

Question 9

With the creation of the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11, the U.S.A.Patriot Act authorized the combining of many federal agencies as one department to combat terrorist threats.

Question 10

Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, is the worldwide investigative and enforcement agency.

Question 11

Most academic and professional studies of policing have focused on municipal departments because this is where the "action" is in the world of law enforcement.

Question 12

Law enforcement in the United States has developed over the years based on a philosophy of uniform national control.

Question 13

The Phoenix Police Department bars its officers from stopping people for the sole purpose of determining immigration status.

Question 14

The U.S.Department of Justice is under control of the ________.

A)Secretary of State
B)Secretary of Homeland Security
C)FBI director
D)U.S.Attorney General

Question 15

The Alaskan Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) program provides all Alaskan villages with a fully armed police presence.

Question 16

The NCIS is the investigative arm of the U.S.Army.

Question 17

In the United States, most local police departments are small, with about 53 percent employing fewer than 10 sworn officers.

Question 18

The FBI is the national police force of the United States.

Question 19

Hawaii is the only state in the United States without a primary state police agency.

Question 20

After the recession of 2008, volunteers became an important part of most local U.S.police departments.

Question 21

Which of the following federal agencies is the oldest?

A)U.S.Postal Service
B)Federal Bureau of Investigation
C)Central Intelligence Agency
D)U.S.Marshals Service

Question 22

What is the primary mission of the U.S.Secret Service?

A)traffic enforcement
B)protect the president
C)respond to terrorism
D)infrastructure protection

Question 23

In the United States, ________ percent of local police departments have 25 or fewer officers.

A)23
B)37
C)53
D)87

Question 24

What law conferred criminal jurisdiction in Indian country to six state governments as well as the federal government?

A)Senate Bill 2845
B)House Bill 2845
C)Tribal Law 121-440
D)Public Law 83-280

Question 25

Which national database contains information on outstanding warrants and criminal histories?

A)National Crime Information Center
B)Uniform Crime Reports
C)Interpol
D)Library of Congress

Question 26

The largest county police department-not a sheriff's office-in the United States is the Miami-Dade County (Florida) department.It has approximately how many sworn officers?

A)1,500
B)2,500
C)2,000
D)3,000

Question 27

The National Center for Rural Law Enforcement (NCRLE) is a part of what university?

A)University of Arizona
B)University of Wyoming
C)University of Arkansas
D)University of Nebraska

Question 28

What is the primary legal and prosecutorial arm of the U.S.government?

A)Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)National Institute of Justice
C)Department of Homeland Security
D)Department of Justice

Question 29

Which of the following institutions is responsible for the transporting of federal prisoners and the security of federal courthouses?

A)Federal Protection Bureau
B)U.S.Marshals Service
C)Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)Federal Protective Service

Question 30

The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) is operated by what federal agency?

A)Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)Treasury Department
C)Central Intelligence Agency
D)Department of Homeland Security

Question 31

Racial and ethnic minorities constitute approximately ________percent of full-time sworn personnel in local police departments.

A)10
B)27
C)36
D)48

Question 32

Most college and university campus law enforcement agencies have working relationships with __________.

A)federal law enforcement
B)state law enforcement
C)local law enforcement
D)international law enforcement

Question 33

Many metropolitan police departments are supplemented by special jurisdiction police agencies.The largest special jurisdiction agency in the United States is the ________.

A)Dallas Area Rapid Transit
B)Philadelphia Public School Police
C)Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
D)California Parks and Wildlife

Question 34

The program that provides an annual compilation of all crimes reported to local police is called the ________.

A)National Crime Registry
B)Annual Crime Digest
C)Uniform Crime Reports
D)FBI Crime Clock

Question 35

Which of the following is considered a special jurisdiction agency?

A)Transit police
B)College and university police
C)Parks and wildlife police
D)All of the above

Question 36

What federal department operates the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) as its research arm?

A)Department of Defense
B)Treasury Department
C)Department of Justice
D)Department of Homeland Security

Question 37

The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, is headquartered in which country?

A)England
B)Switzerland
C)The United States
D)France

Question 38

Which of the following states does NOT have a state law enforcement agency?

A)Hawaii
B)Alaska
C)Montana
D)Arizona

Question 39

The federal Witness Security Program, popularly known as witness protection, is administered by the ________.

A)U.S.Marshals Service
B)Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
C)Immigration and Naturalization Service
D)Customs Service

Question 40

As of 2012, which of the following tribe and state pairings included the largest Indian law enforcement agency, with 393 full-time officers?

A)Seminole tribe, Florida
B)Cherokee tribe, Oklahoma
C)Navajo tribe, Arizona
D)Stillaguamish tribe, Washington

Question 41

Which piece of legislation expanded federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian country in such areas as guns, violent juveniles, drugs, and domestic violence?

A)1994 Crime Act
B)Public Law 83-280
C)Hate Crime Statistics Act
D)Controlled Substances Act

Question 42

Which of the following institutions is part of the Department of Justice?

A)Secret Service
B)U.S.Postal Service
C)Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
D)National Park Service

Question 43

The majority of law enforcement agencies in America are ___________.

A)local
B)federal
C)state
D)private

Question 44

____________ has the most full-time state and local law enforcement employees in the United States, with over 126,000 officers.

Question 45

According to the text, _______ percent of local police departments assign officers to a multiagency drug task force.

A)22
B)35
C)48
D)51

Question 46

The four major U.S.cabinet departments that administer most federal law enforcement agencies and personnel are__________, __________, __________, and __________.

Question 47

The FBI was created when President __________ directed his attorney general to develop an investigative unit within the Justice Department.

A)Woodrow Wilson
B)Herbert Hoover
C)Franklin D.Roosevelt
D)Theodore Roosevelt

Question 48

Which of the following is NOT a common duty of a state police officer?

A)highway patrol
B)traffic enforcement
C)patrol of small towns
D)serve civil process

Question 49

Which of the following is a state law enforcement system that combines the duties of major criminal investigations with the patrol of state highways and small towns into one agency?

A)decentralized model
B)combined model
C)centralized model
D)total model

Question 50

In 2010, the U.S.Department of Justice ordered prosecutors in 33 states to intensify efforts to combat ____________on Indian reservations, particularly offenses on women and children.

A)alcoholism and drug addiction
B)divorce
C)theft
D)violent crime

Question 51

Which of the following was the first state to combat illegal immigration by creating a law that demanded immigrants carry identity documents legitimizing their presence within U.S.borders?

A)New Mexico
B)Texas
C)California
D)Arizona

Question 52

The FBI consists of approximately how many special agents nationally?

A)1,100
B)6,000
C)12,500
D)34,000

Question 53

Which department acts as the U.S.representative to Interpol?

A)U.S.Treasury Department
B)Department of Homeland Security
C)Department of Defense
D)Department of Justice

Question 54

Which organization maintains the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) as a national clearinghouse of criminal justice information?

A)Treasury Department
B)Census Bureau
C)National Institute of Justice
D)IRS

Question 55

The FBI falls under the purview of which federal institution?

A)Department of Defense
B)Department of Justice
C)Internal Revenue Service
D)Department of the Army

Question 56

With over 36,000 sworn employees, this city has the largest local police department in the United States.

A)Los Angeles
B)New York City
C)Houston
D)Chicago

Question 57

Rural and small-town law enforcement agencies engage in __________ programs with neighboring agencies, coming to one another's aid when necessary.

Question 58

In what year was Interpol founded?

A)1923
B)1938
C)1941
D)1945

Question 59

With over 7,000 sworn officers, which of the following is the largest state law enforcement agency?

A)New York State Police
B)Texas Department of Public Safety
C)California Highway Patrol
D)Pennsylvania State Police

Question 60

According to the latest statistics, what percentage of public and private four-year colleges and universities use an emergency email mass alert system on campus?

A)15 percent
B)55 percent
C)80 percent
D)100 percent

Question 61

A controversial issue in current law enforcement is the cooperation and escalating involvement of local police with federal immigration officials in enforcing immigration laws.Should local officers assist immigration authorities? Why, or why not?

Question 62

Identify reasons for the emergence of gangs in small towns and strategies that can be used to combat them.

Question 63

Explain the differences between the centralized and decentralized models of state law enforcement.

Question 64

Summarize the reasons for the reorganization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation after 9/11 and the organizational changes that were made.

Question 65

Compare and contrast the duties of metropolitan and county law enforcement.

Question 66

Every few years, the Bureau of Justice Statistics attempts to create a clear picture of the U.S.law enforcement industry as part of its _________________ program.

Question 67

The __________ offers consultative services on cold-case serial homicides, as well as several other types of cases.

Question 68

The U.S.__________ is in charge of the enforcement of the laws regarding counterfeiting of U.S.currency.

Question 69

__________ is the worldwide organization established for the development of cooperation among nations regarding common police problems.

Question 70

What are special jurisdictional police departments, and what exactly do they do?

Question 71

In response to law enforcement's need for more flexible, in-depth data, the Unified Crime Reports (UCR) formulated the __________, which presents comprehensive, detailed information about crime incidents to law enforcement, researchers, governmental planners, students of criminal justice, and the general public.

Question 72

The Department of the Treasury has administrative control over the section of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that investigates crime.The investigative arm of the IRS is called the __________.

Question 73

Since the 2008 recession in the United States, law enforcement has seen a trend toward ____________ of police services as a cost-saving measure.

Question 74

After warning in 2004 that a key federal agency lacked the resources to protect our national parks and monuments, the Fraternal Order of Police argued for management changes and a bigger budget for the _______________.

Question 75

Would you approve a strategic operation like Operation Fast and Furious to potentially eliminate a criminal organization? Why or why not?

Question 76

Discuss how joint federal and local task forces operate and give some examples of their use.

Question 77

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) falls under the control of __________________.

Question 78

Explain why small-town and rural police officers may find it more difficult to decompress than their counterparts in larger metropolitan areas.

Question 79

Identify some strategies police departments have used to continue providing services when budgets are reduced.

Question 80

Historically, __________ police departments were developed to deal with the growing crime in nonurban areas of the state.