Deck 5: Managing and Implementing Community Policing

Question 1

____________ policing is people-based as opposed to being bureaucratic or militaristic.

A)Team
B)Problem-oriented
C)Traditional
D)Community

Answer 1

Community

Question 2

Vito, Walsh, and Kunselman (2005) found that almost half of the police ____________ they surveyed stated that the organizational structure in their departments was an impediment to community policing.

A)middle managers
B)chiefs
C)officers
D)sergeants

Answer 2

middle managers

Question 3

The military or bureaucratic model of police administration has its roots in:

A)Sir Robert Peel
B)the London Metropolitan Police Force
C)traditional policing
D)classical management theory

Answer 3

the London Metropolitan Police Force

Question 4

____________ forms the foundation for American policing.

A)Classical organization
B)Classical management
C)Militaristic approach
D)Bureaucratic model

Question 5

____________ was the first to outline the principles of organization.

A)Sir Robert Peel
B)O.W.Wilson
C)Max Weber
D)J.Edgar Hoover

Question 6

____________ organizations are more open, and delegate higher levels of responsibility to subordinates at the operational levels of organization.

A)Traditional
B)Mechanistic
C)Militaristic
D)Organic

Question 7

The identification of goals and objectives, and a determination of how they will be achieved is:

A)conventional planning
B)organizational planning
C)strategic planning
D)operational planning

Question 8

Which of the following are vehicles the can be used by police administrators to improve communications within the department?

A)command or administrative staff meetings
B)quality circles
C)unit meetings
D)all of the above

Question 9

____________ was pioneered in New York City by William Bratton and Jack Maples.

A)COMPSTAT
B)STATS
C)Night watches
D)Call boxes

Question 10

In New York, COMPSTAT consists of three distinct, weekly reports.Which of the following is one of the reports?

A)COMPSTAT Report
B)Commander Profile Report
C)Crime Mapping Report
D)all of the above

Question 11

Training is important in implementing community policing.Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A)Training of police consists of both academy and in-service.
B)Community policing is secondary in importance and does not receive adequate presentation.
C)Training does not impact an officer's attitude toward community policing.
D)all of the above

Question 12

There are many impediments to the implementation of community policing in a police department.One impediment is:

A)Low crime rates will delay community policing due to low demand for change.
B)Training of management and officers will slow implementation and change of attitudes.
C)Centralized decision making instead of localized or neighborhood decision making.
D)all of the above

Question 13

There are four types of supervisors but only one is best suited for implementing community policing.That type of supervisor is called:

A)traditional
B)innovative
C)supportive
D)all of the above

Question 14

Police administrators must ensure that line officers and units have a or assigned geographical responsibilities.This is often accomplished by assigning patrol officers to specific beats and districts or precincts.

A)territorial imperative
B)reoriented police operations
C)geographical focus
D)all of the above

Question 15

A majority of police activities are still incident driven-officers responding to calls for service and investigating crimes.Typically, officers respond to calls for service and provide one of the following responses:

A)provide some type of service
B)issue a citation
C)provide information
D)all of the above

Question 16

Community policing, in its ideal form, represents a significant departure from the way American police departments have been operated throughout the better part of the twentieth century.

Question 17

According to the community policing philosophy, organizing the police is about structuring the department so that community goals and objectives are achieved.

Question 18

American police organization, for the most part, is based on classical organizational theory or the military or bureaucratic model.

Question 19

Sir Robert Peel created a police force organized along military lines when he established the force in 1829.

Question 20

Weber delineated nine principles that have become the foundation of classical organizational theory and are used in many police departments today.

Question 21

Specialization or division of labor exists whereby individuals are assigned a limited number of job tasks and responsibilities.

Question 22

Community policing dictates that police administrators establish goals and objectives after consultation with all the stakeholders in the community.

Question 23

According to the text, it is critical for administrators to have open, honest dialog with line officers and supervisors.

Question 24

COMPSTAT consists of periodic meetings, usually weekly or monthly, where unit commanders and management staff are assembled to discuss crime problems

Question 25

The COMPSTAT Report serves as a report card on how managers are dealing with their crime problems and their units.

Question 26

Leadership is not a critical part in the implementation of community policing.

Question 27

Transformational leadership is the appropriate style of leadership to implement change in an organization.

Question 28

One of the advantages of COMPSTAT is that it takes into consideration input into its analysis.

Question 29

Many officers see their primary role as being law enforcement and often mistakenly believe that order maintenance, the provision of services, and problem solving are secondary or not important.

Question 30

Research has shown that officers do not mimic the behavior of their supervisors.As a result, it has been found that supervision is not important to implementation of community policing.

Question 31

List and explain Max Weber's principles of organization as they apply to a police department.

Question 32

There are several mechanisms available to a police administrator to encourage communication within the community.What are the mechanisms available to the administrator? Explain how they assist the police administrator.

Question 33

What are the mechanisms available to the administrator to encourage communication within the police department? Explain how they assist the police administrator.

Question 34

Supervision is crucial to the implementation of community policing.There are four types of supervisors.Name, define, and explain how they affect implementation of community policing.

Question 35

Regardless of the strategy used, police administrators must plan for implementation of community policing.There are eight steps in the change process.Identify and explain these steps.