Deck 2: Community-Oriented Policing and Problem Solving-Improving Neighborhood Quality of Life

Question 1

What is community policing?

A) Neighborhood saturation with intensive patrol activities
B) Residents becoming officers in order to prevent crime in their communities
C) A philosophy of policing in which officers work closely with community residents
D) All of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Community policing involves

A) Reduction of crime and fear of crime
B) Addressing overall neighborhood decay and social problems
C) Addressing civil disobedience and striving to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

If community policing is to be successful, it demands

A) A short-term commitment
B) An authoritarian management style
C) Long-term commitment
D) None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

An essential ingredient of community policing is

A) Increased funding
B) Empowerment of officers and first-line supervisors
C) Involvement of upper management
D) Flexibility of shift assignments

Question 5

Instead of making decisions, the supervisor

A) Coaches, supports, mediates and helps officers
B) Helps officers identify, plan, and analyze community problems
C) Helps officers solve community problems
D) All of the above

Question 6

Supervisors can reinforce the collaboration process of problem solving by

A) Requiring detailed paperwork
B) Checking the efforts of officers
C) Requiring notification of every effort
D) Using a "hands-off" approach that encourages independence

Question 7

During the facilitation process, the supervisor must do all of the following except

A) Take over the task of an independent problem solver
B) Convince police officers that community engagement and problem solving are real police work
C) Genuinely support organizational changes
D) Articulate and reinforce the philosophy of community policing

Question 8

In identifying community problems, surveys that are helpful include

A) Crime prevention surveys
B) Follow-up crime surveys
C) Environmental surveys
D) All of the above

Question 9

Failure should lead to

A) A review board
B) Growth
C) Punishment
D) Reparation

Question 10

According to the text, philosophically, community policing is an insignificant change in the provision of police services.

Question 11

Community policing is a transitional process in which the chief executive officer removes barriers that impede change.

Question 12

When it comes to community policing, all residents will cooperate with enthusiasm.

Question 13

When implementing change, a good technique is to implement change on a full scale and evaluate its effectiveness.

Question 14

Empowerment is the deliberate decision of police executives to create organizational change that allows officers to operate within a frame of reference of self-direction.

Question 15

Every aspect of the organization must foster traits such as integrity, risk taking, originality, creativity, individuality, and problem solving.

Question 16

Empowerment is rejected by some officers because with it comes the assumption of additional responsibility and the concomitant risk.

Question 17

The first-line supervisor must manage in a formal manner in order to avoid a mistake.

Question 18

The analysis component of the problem-solving approach involves identification of a community problem.

Question 19

Evaluations have to reflect current community policing efforts, not the time-honored and traditional policing techniques.