Deck 13: Community Policing and Police Administration

Question 1

William Bratton, an illustrious law enforcement officer, was a proponent for which type of policing?

A) traditional reactive policing
B) predictive policing
C) problem-oriented policing
D) data-driven policing

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which theory did William Bratton employ as the underlying foundation for addressing quality of life concerns in the community?

A) broken windows theory
B) social disorganization theory
C) routine activities theory
D) differential association theory

Answer 2

A

Question 3

William Bratton relied on which of the following forms of policing?

A) problem-oriented policing
B) predictive policing
C) community policing
D) traditional policing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to William Bratton, accountability should be placed on which type of law enforcement officer?

A) precinct commanders
B) academy recruits
C) chief of police
D) beat officers

Question 5

Compstat is an analytical ______ system that was developed to better understand crime patterns and to apply this knowledge to solutions.

A) transparency
B) accountability
C) integrity
D) feasibility

Question 6

Which law enforcement position is responsible for delegating much of the operational decision making to the command staff who provide supervisory oversight to various units within the organization?

A) police detective
B) police sergeant
C) police captain
D) police chief

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a top cop responsibility?

A) respond to calls for service
B) perform surveillance and monitor suspects
C) collect and use forensic evidence to solve crimes
D) manage fiscal and resource allocation

Question 8

According to the text, in order to maintain legitimacy with the public, officials must be ______.

A) strategically transparent with their communications
B) authoritative in nature
C) fully immersed in the police subculture
D) willing to give in to political pressure, at all costs

Question 9

The relationship between leadership (i.e., top cops) and the police union is often ______.

A) amicable
B) civil
C) contentious
D) disastrous

Question 10

Pending the results of an investigation, police officers are ______.

A) immediately fired from their position
B) placed on paid or unpaid administrative leave
C) taken to jail while they await the results
D) able to continue their job duties without any repercussions

Question 11

Which of the following was the most frequently cited reason for adopting community policing in a study on community policing?

A) chief's desire to switch to community policing
B) focus on specific neighborhoods with high crime levels
C) become more proactive with community groups
D) establish partnerships with community groups

Question 12

Historically, the public and police expected ______ policing, which focuses on crime-fighting and law and order.

A) community
B) traditional
C) intelligence-led
D) problem-oriented

Question 13

Following the 1960s President's Task Force, progressive police leaders collaborated with ______ to reform policing.

A) citizen review boards
B) the military
C) politicians
D) academic scholars

Question 14

According to researchers, which of the following traditional methods used to address crime failed to reduce endemic crime problems?

A) hot spot policing
B) SARA model
C) Compstat
D) rapid response

Question 15

The Flint Neighborhood Foot Patrol Experiment in Flint, Michigan, was one of the first studies to focus on which of the following?

A) fear of crime
B) pretextual stops
C) change management
D) crime rates

Question 16

According to the authors, what was the one good thing that came out of the Flint Neighborhood Foot Patrol Experiment?

A) the need for increased budgets to study policing
B) the elevation of fear of crime as a valid police priority
C) the importance of using data to compile hate crime statistics
D) the need for innovative change within law enforcement

Question 17

Which theory did a lot to further the importance of social decay, disorder, and disorganization as a valid police concern?

A) routine activities theory
B) general strain theory
C) broken windows theory
D) social learning theory

Question 18

According to the text, the structure of policing has become more ______.

A) decentralized
B) relaxed
C) informal
D) specialized

Question 19

Which of the following early innovations failed because police leaders did not understand the need for organizational change to support reforms?

A) team policing
B) problem-oriented policing
C) hot spot policing
D) intelligence-led policing

Question 20

One of the biggest hurdles for police managers is countering resistance from ______.

A) officers
B) public
C) elected officials
D) judges

Question 21

Which theory posits that the criminal justice system as a whole, and law enforcement in particular, is considered to be a closed system?

A) contingency theory
B) systems theory
C) scientific management theory
D) neoclassical theory

Question 22

The need for community policing is greatest in areas that are described as ______.

A) low crime
B) racial-ethnic minority
C) affluent
D) suburban

Question 23

Which of the following entities funds the Sheriff's Office?

A) cities
B) federal government
C) county
D) state government

Question 24

According to a survey of police agencies in 2010, the majority of departments reported which of the following?

A) cuts on overtime spending
B) reduced salary increases or no salary increases
C) laying off employees
D) implementing furloughs

Question 25

In police management circles, which term has become one of the most abused and misunderstood concepts of the past 30 years?

A) predictive policing
B) community policing
C) traditional policing
D) problem-oriented policing

Question 26

Change management is referred to as the ability of leadership to prepare and support employees through organizational change.

Question 27

Ineffective leadership can lead to a vote of no confidence, whereby the chief can be removed from office, which is a very bad thing for their career.

Question 28

Police chief positions are considered to be highly political.

Question 29

In many communities, police/citizen encounters are mostly positive.

Question 30

Change resistance among police officers is compounded by police culture, peer dependency, cynicism, distrust in management, and distrust in the public.

Question 31

Pretextual stops are when police use a minor infraction or violation to dig deeper and find unrelated crimes.

Question 32

Local law enforcement agencies get their funding only through taxes and grants.

Question 33

The number of police officers is driven by the community's population, rather than the budget.

Question 34

The ability of police departments to implement community policing is subject to many factors that may be out of the control of the agency itself.

Question 35

What are the responsibilities of the top cop?

Question 36

Explain the impact that police unions can have on top cop reform efforts. Use an example to illustrate your answer.

Question 37

Identify three motivations communities have to adopt community policing.

Question 38

Explain why many police scholars argue that community policing will never be fully realized nor successful.

Question 39

What are some of the unintended consequences of budget cuts within police departments? How do budget cuts affect local communities?