Deck 5: Police Operations

Question 1

What is a "preliminary investigation?"

A) The investigation done prior to arrest
B) The investigation done prior to a preliminary hearing
C) The initial inquiry into a reported crime
D) The investigation done prior to sentencing the defendant

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Rand study on the effectiveness of criminal investigators found that:

A) Criminal investigators were the most effective members of the police department
B) 80 percent of the cases cleared by the police were the result of on-the-scene arrests
C) Forensic science has greatly improved a detective's ability to solve crimes
D) Most crimes are cleared through the collection of physical evidence

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Enforcement of traffic laws falls under which function of police?

A) Order maintenance
B) Law enforcement
C) Convenience norm enforcement
D) None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

How is most police work initiated?

A) On patrol
B) Investigations
C) Citizen calls
D) Undercover operations

Question 5

Which of the following refers to any time that an officer is committed to some call or police activity?

A) Committed time
B) Dedicated time
C) Police work
D) Routine work

Question 6

One of the common errors in determining patrol assignments has been the use of what type of data?

A) Common data
B) Police reports
C) Aggregate data
D) Dispersion data

Question 7

Which of the following is an advantage of bicycle patrol over foot patrol?

A) They are less dangerous
B) Officers are able to travel greater distances at a faster rate
C) Bicycles can travel places where automobiles cannot go
D) Bicycle patrols can help the officer stay in peak physical shape

Question 8

Which type of traffic stop involves an officer using the pretext of a traffic violation to stop a vehicle to investigate for other crimes?

A) Racially biased stops
B) Terry stops
C) Pretextual traffic stops
D) Drug and alcohol stops

Question 9

In which case did the United States Supreme Court state that pretextual traffic stops were reasonable as long as the officer had probable cause to believe the violation had occurred?

A) Mapp v. Ohio
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Whren v. United States
D) Escobedo v. Illinois

Question 10

Which court case applied the "fruits of the poisonous tree doctrine" to the states?

A) Mapp v. Ohio
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Whren v. United States
D) Escobedo v. Illinois

Question 11

The __________ function is performed by patrol officers who are allocated across beats to respond to calls and to observe for crime and suspicious activities.

A) patrol
B) investigative
C) traffic
D) administrative

Question 12

The __________ function is responsible for solving crimes, apprehending criminals, and recovering stolen property.

A) patrol
B) investigative
C) traffic
D) administrative

Question 13

The __________ function is responsible for reducing the frequency and severity of traffic crashes and facilitating the orderly flow of traffic.

A) patrol
B) investigative
C) traffic
D) administrative

Question 14

__________ consist(s) of a variety of strategies: saturation patrol, stakeouts, surveillance of suspects, and decoys, among others.

A) Directed patrol
B) Stop and frisk stops
C) Saturation patrol
D) Suspect-oriented techniques

Question 15

__________ or crackdowns attempt to deter crime or problems in a specific area through sudden and dramatic increases in police officer presence, sanctions, and threats of apprehension either for specific crimes or for all types of crimes.

A) Directed patrol
B) Stop and frisk stops
C) Saturation patrol
D) Suspect-oriented techniques

Question 16

__________ are where police officers observe a suspicious person, stop the person, and talk with him or her.

A) Directed patrol
B) Stop and frisk stops
C) Saturation patrol
D) Suspect-oriented techniques

Question 17

__________ are ones in which agencies direct officers to concentrate on known suspects or classes of individuals.

A) Directed patrol
B) Stop and frisk stops
C) Saturation patrol
D) Suspect-oriented techniques

Question 18

In 1964, the Court handed down its decision on __________, requiring that police officials allow suspects who are in custody to have access to an attorney when questioning becomes accusatory.

A) Mapp v. Ohio
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Whren v. United States
D) Escobedo v. Illinois

Question 19

____________ required that police officers advise suspects of their rights to legal representation and against self-incrimination.

A) Mapp v. Ohio
B) Miranda v. Arizona
C) Whren v. United States
D) Escobedo v. Illinois

Question 20

___________ partnerships are made between police and probation or parole officers; probation and police officers visit probationers to ensure that they are complying with stipulations or rules imposed by the court.

A) Enhanced supervision
B) Information-sharing
C) Interagency problem-solving
D) Specialized enforcement

Question 21

___________ partnerships involve several agencies to develop comprehensive approaches to problems.

A) Enhanced supervision
B) Information-sharing
C) Interagency problem-solving
D) Specialized enforcement

Question 22

___________ partnerships involve various agencies affected by a specific problem that band together to solve it.

A) Enhanced supervision
B) Information-sharing
C) Interagency problem-solving
D) Specialized enforcement

Question 23

___________ partnerships are best represented by drug task forces.

A) Enhanced supervision
B) Information-sharing
C) Interagency problem-solving
D) Specialized enforcement

Question 24

___________ units partner with other police departments or probation or parole officers to arrest suspects that are committing large numbers of crime.

A) Fugitive apprehension
B) Racial profiling
C) Preliminary investigation
D) Modus operandi

Question 25

___________ is a charge leveled against police departments for stopping, citing, searching, or arresting a disproportionate number of minorities.

A) Fugitive apprehension
B) Racial profiling
C) Preliminary investigation
D) Modus operandi

Question 26

Police operations refer to the various police services provided to citizens and the methods used by police agencies when delivering these services.

Question 27

The patrol function is considered to be the least important operation of a law enforcement agency.

Question 28

There is a standard priority system that is dependent on the computerized dispatch system used by the department.

Question 29

Community policing expands basic patrol activities well beyond traditional limits.

Question 30

Beat boundaries are established by attempting to equalize committed time across all the department's beats.

Question 31

The allocation of police personnel refers to decisions about the number of officers assigned to the various units in the police department.

Question 32

A differential police response entails responding to citizen calls by means other than dispatching an officer.

Question 33

With split-force policing, or random patrol, all officers on the force are assigned to patrol specific areas- beats.

Question 34

The crime suppression force devotes its time almost exclusively to crime prevention,
deterrence, and apprehension activities.

Question 35

Routine preventive patrol is where a patrol force is split into two separate patrol groups: the patrol call-answering group and the criminal interception group. The program is based on a belief that a patrol division is responsible for two essential functions: responding to calls for service and crime suppression and prevention.