Deck 13: Deployment for Crime Control

Question 1

During Compstat meetings,interdiction efforts are frequently described as having begun with

A) a tip from a citizen.
B) the insight of an astute detective.
C) a simple patrol stop of a vehicle.
D) the SARA form of problem analysis.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The fact that proactive patrol is a critical component of crime interdiction efforts implies primarily that

A) patrol officers should be trained in interdiction.
B) patrol officers' evaluations should be based upon interdiction efforts.
C) tactical units should be created.
D) patrol deployment should include the allocation of discretionary time.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Agencies that have implemented the use of temporary assignment of patrol officers to tactical response have found that

A) motivation compensated for lack of experience.
B) experience compensated for lack of motivation.
C) extensive training was required.
D) no administrative actions can make it feasible.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Agency sponsorship of a school liaison/school security program is an illustration of

A) problem-oriented policing.
B) community-oriented policing.
C) an offender-focused orientation.
D) a geographically focused orientation.

Question 5

One of the most important,if unglamorous,roles of a responsive police department is

A) seeking citizen input.
B) simple reassurance that "we are here."
C) sponsorship of a range of community engagement endeavors.
D) maintenance of an "open mind."

Question 6

Agency sponsorship of a ministerial alliance is an example of

A) problem-oriented policing.
B) community-oriented policing.
C) an offender-focused orientation.
D) a geographically focused orientation.

Question 7

Retired Chicago Police Superintendent Philip J.Cline asserted that the success of the agency's aggressive tactics to reduce homicides required

A) the New York model of Compstat.
B) crime-specific approaches.
C) positive relationships with the minority community.
D) the SARA model of problem solving.

Question 8

Research conducted in forty-one South Carolina neighborhoods demonstrated the importance of

A) citizen advisory groups.
B) a geographically focused orientation.
C) police visibility in neighborhoods.
D) school programs.

Question 9

The primary issue expressed by Fort Worth,Texas,citizens during the course of an operations analysis of the agency was the lack of

A) citizen advisory groups.
B) a citizen police academy.
C) police visibility in neighborhoods.
D) school programs.

Question 10

If there are no resources available to assign to interdiction of a crime pattern,then an agency should

A) reassign investigators.
B) reassign managers.
C) abandon crime reduction as a goal.
D) adopt the Compstat model.

Question 11

A survey of over 1,300 South Carolina residents indicated that citizens will be reasonably satisfied if

A) an agency engages the community.
B) only property crime is reduced.
C) only nuisance offenses are reduced.
D) they see the police "out there trying."

Question 12

Agencies that have implemented the use of temporary assignment of patrol officers to tactical response find that it

A) is logistically too complex.
B) is too disruptive.
C) works well.
D) allows elimination of full-time tactical assignments.

Question 13

Typically,the redeployment of resources for an emerging crime pattern should occur

A) immediately.
B) within 72 hours.
C) within 14 days.
D) within 30 days.

Question 14

Structured crime intervention strategies are clearly most effective if

A) tactical patrol units are engaged.
B) reactive patrol units are engaged.
C) zero tolerance is employed.
D) there are layers of discretionary resources.

Question 15

Within agencies focusing on enforcement-oriented crime control,community policing specialists become

A) unnecessary.
B) an unproductive resource "sponge."
C) on balance, more of a burden than an asset.
D) fully engaged.

Question 16

It is ironic that the "saving grace" of community policing may yet turn out to be

A) problem-oriented policing.
B) Compstat.
C) intelligence-led strategies.
D) evidence-based initiatives.

Question 17

During what might be termed "emergency standby status," patrol units should be engaged in

A) nothing else.
B) problem solving.
C) proactive patrol.
D) community engagement.

Question 18

The need for specialist enforcement units to keep generalist patrol informed of their activities includes the principle that

A) keeping intelligence secret is unintelligent.
B) random patrol produces random results.
C) crime control is teamwork.
D) the devil is in the details.

Question 19

A new policing role emerging from the reorientation of community policing specialists in Compstat environments is described by the term

A) SARAizers.
B) investigators without caseloads.
C) engagement of facilitators.
D) problem solvers.

Question 20

Eleven studies spanning the time period 1966 to 1998 found that,on average,the percent of patrol "downtime" was

A) 25 percent.
B) 56 percent.
C) 75 percent.
D) 90 percent.