Deck 11: Issues Concerning Police Conduct

Question 1

Which of the following is considered a low-discretion situation?

A) pulling over a driver who fails to signal a lane change
B) executing an arrest warrant
C) stopping a motorist who's speeding to get to the hospital
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Falsifying patrol logs to make the numbers come out right in response to alleged racial profiling practices is called ____.

A) disparity
B) ghosting
C) balancing
D) corruption
E) rigging

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following reflects police perspective on pursuits?

A) Pursuits are dangerous.
B) Pursuits must be controlled.
C) Involvement in a pursuit increases the participant's adrenaline and excitement.
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In which case did the Court rule that the specific circumstances of a situation determine if the use of a K-9 is reasonable?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 5

A common less-lethal force alternative is

A) specialty impact munitions such as bean-bag rounds.
B) pepper spray.
C) the Taser.
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 6

In which case did the Court hold that police may use potentially deadly force to end a high-speed chase of a subject whose actions put the public at risk?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 7

The case which effectively removed the absolute sovereign immunity from civil liability previously enjoyed by governmental entities and their employees was

A) Tennessee v. Garner .
B) Graham v. Connor .
C) Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York .
D) Florida v. Bostick .
E) Franks v. Delaware .

Question 8

On the use of force continuum, officers confronting persons who are acting at resistant level I are justified in using

A) ordinary force such as joint restraints.
B) ordinary force such as electrical devices.
C) extraordinary force such as weaponless techniques with debilitating potential.
D) extraordinary force such as service or supplemental firearms.
E) any of the preceding

Question 9

The wishes of ____ are often the single most important influence on police selective enforcement practice.

A) suspects
B) informants
C) judges
D) other officers
E) complainants

Question 10

The controversy concerning use-of-force continuums involves which of the following?

A) Whether they have outlived their usefulness.
B) Whether they should be included in use-of-force policies.
C) Whether they increase liability.
D) all of the preceding
E) none of the preceding

Question 11

The consequence of ____ is that police are free to engage in dragnet-like searches of buses and trains, in settings where it is extremely difficult for any citizen to refuse to cooperate.

A) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
B) Irwin v. Town of Ware
C) Franks v. Delaware
D) Florida v. Bostick
E) Wisconsin Coachway v. Jones

Question 12

Police departments attempt to avoid charges of racial profiling by ____.

A) focusing on a person's behavior
B) focusing on intelligence gathered
C) data collection
D) effective data analysis
E) all of the preceding

Question 13

Factors included in most police pursuit policies include which of the following?

A) the offense
B) weather conditions
C) traffic conditions
D) a, b, and c
E) neither a, b nor c

Question 14

Which case set the standard for liability in police pursuits?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 15

On the continuum of compromise-the path from honest cop to corrupt cop-the final "stop" is

A) criminal acts of commission.
B) administrative acts of commission.
C) acts of omission.
D) a perceived sense of victimization.
E) the dilemma of loyalty vs. integrity.

Question 16

One of the most important discretionary options police officers have is ____.

A) whether to accept a gratuity
B) to chase or not to chase
C) whether to arrest someone
D) when to administer Miranda warnings
E) when to call in K-9 dogs

Question 17

When police deploy a K-9 and command it to apply force to a subject, these actions fall under the ____ Amendment's requirement of reasonableness.

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
E) Fourteenth

Question 18

In which case was the affirmative constitutional duty placed on prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence to a defendant?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland .

Question 19

Discrimination based on a person's race is called ____.

A) discrimination
B) disparity
C) racial profiling
D) ghosting
E) balancing

Question 20

Showing difference in treating individuals or groups or failing to treat equals equally is called ____.

A) discrimination
B) disparity
C) profiling
D) ghosting
E) balancing

Question 21

Most police pursuit policies are faulty in that they fail to consider the offense, traffic conditions, or weather conditions.

Question 22

The legal obligation incurred for an injury suffered as the result of the failure to conduct a specific task within a given standard.

A) litigaphobia
B) liability
C) less-lethal force
D) corruption
E) balancing

Question 23

Police discretion is seldom a part of issues involving discrimination, racial profiling, use of force, or pursuit.

Question 24

The IACP defines ____________________ as "the application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject."

Question 25

Having integrity is as simple as playing by the rules.

Question 26

If a subject offers no resistance, ____________________ police force should be used.

Question 27

One type of stun gun is the Taser, which is an acronym for ____________________.

Question 28

Justification for use of deadly force must consider not only the legal right, but also the need to apprehend the suspect compared to the arresting officer's safety and the value of human life.

Question 29

____________________--as it applies to police service--is a series of concepts and beliefs that, combined, provide structure to an agency's operation and officers' professional and personal ethics.

Question 30

Which of the following is an example of less-lethal force?

A) shooting an unarmed suspect
B) firing at a moving vehicle
C) tear gas
D) conditioned hesitation
E) all of the preceding

Question 31

High-speed police pursuits are both effective and dangerous.

Question 32

When officers fail to treat equals equally because of race, religion, sex, or age biases, ____________________ occurs.

Question 33

Which of the following factors have been shown to contribute to an officer's conditioned hesitation?

A) training
B) physical fitness
C) the officer's mindset
D) fear
E) all of the preceding

Question 34

On the use of force continuum, verbal persuasion is considered "no force" and is used with a cooperative person.

Question 35

The application of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a subject.

A) physical force
B) excessive force
C) deadly force
D) lethal force
E) restraint

Question 36

Under state statutes, police officers cannot be sued for wrongful death.

Question 37

At the law enforcement level, those who are poor are much more likely to come to the attention of the police simply because of their socioeconomic status.

Question 38

Which of the following are among the factors against which an officer's actions must be measured?

A) the immediate threat of serious physical harm to the officer
B) the degree to which the situation is tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving
C) the nature of the crime itself
D) whether the subject is resisting arrest
E) all of the preceding

Question 39

The IACP defines force as "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject."

Question 40

Many state statutes authorize use of deadly force to prevent commission of a felony.

Question 41

The fear of gays and lesbians is known as ____________________.

Question 42

The landmark case of Brady v. Maryland places on a prosecutor an affirmative constitutional duty to disclose ____________________ evidence, or that favorable to the accused defendant.

Question 43

Outline and discuss the issues surrounding use of force continuums.

Question 44

Illustrate the use of force continuum, showing the range of a citizen's actions, an officer's response, and the types of force used along the continuum.

Question 45

Discuss the ways an agency and its officers can reduce the risk of civil liability.

Question 46

List and discuss the core virtues you believe are required for one to truly possess integrity and how these virtues serve a police officer.

Question 47

Outline and discuss the issues surrounding use of pursuit continuums.

Question 48

Where law enforcement officials possess a description of a criminal suspect that consists primarily of the suspect's race and gender, and where they do not have other evidence of discriminatory intent, they can act on the basis of that description without violating the Equal Protection Clause of the ____________________ Amendment.

Question 49

____________________ involves moral behavior and doing what is considered right and just.

Question 50

____________________ occurs when officers unfairly stop unoffending motorists in an effort to manipulate their data for statistical purposes.

Question 51

Outline and discuss the effectiveness or safety level of high-speed police pursuits.