Deck 6: The Community Policing Police Service

Question 1

Police leaders must abandon traditional command and control practices and decentralize power in order to create a much more participatory organization.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The failure of senior police leaders to "walk the talk" can significantly undermine the implementation of the principles of community policing and the development of a community policing service.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Mission, value, and vision statements generally incorporate the basic strategy of the Police Chief and reflect the desired goal of the Police Board.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Benchmarking is a process whereby an organization continually measures and compares its activities and performance with other organizations in order to improve its effectiveness.

Question 5

The Winnipeg Police Service utilizes an array of community police storefront offices as the key method in providing localized policing services that involve solving problems rather than simply reporting incidents.

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of police leadership within a community policing model?

A) change management.
B) bureaucratic management.
C) administrative management.
D) maintenance management.

Question 7

Where are words such as "honesty," "integrity," "respect," and "fairness" most often found in community policing police services?

A) audits.
B) core value statements.
C) emergency response guidelines.
D) forecasting scans.

Question 8

Which of the following does not occur when a police service alters its organizational structure to incorporate the principles of community policing?

A) decentralization of command and control.
B) more autonomy and discretion to line police officers.
C) a flattening of the organizational structure.
D) increased specialization of line police officers.

Question 9

General principles for providing policing services are typically found within:

A) legislation provided by the provincial government.
B) the mission, value, and vision statements of the police agency.
C) the policy and procedures of the police agency.
D) community consultation committees and review boards.

Question 10

In Ontario, the Police Learning System is:

A) a pre-training program for police recruits.
B) a system of teaching the community about community policing.
C) a program of training and education for police personnel.
D) a system for identifying potential trouble spots in the community.

Question 11

The community policing strategy that is designed to identify forces in the community that may have an impact on police services is called:

A) environmental scan.
B) benchmarking.
C) auditing.
D) best practices.

Question 12

The Policing for Results Survey:

A) is conducted by all police services involved in community policing.
B) has been discarded by Ontario police services due to its ineffectiveness in determining community needs and priorities.
C) is part of the OPP customized policing services approach.
D) is conducted annually by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

Question 13

Officers in community policing police services are typically given:

A) a partner to coordinate activities in the community.
B) police motor vehicles that display community decals and have the ability to transport several volunteers.
C) training in a second language that is reflective of what is spoken in the community.
D) a geographic assignment known as a zone or turf.

Question 14

In the context of community policing, performance indicators are:

A) the criteria used for promoting officers from one rank to another.
B) the criteria used to determine the effectiveness of police technology.
C) the methods used to compare the effectiveness of the police with other components of the criminal justice system.
D) ways of measuring the activities and accomplishments of a police service and its officers.

Question 15

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the current state of policing in Ontario in terms of the requirements of community policing?

A) Only a very few police services in Ontario have redesigned the organization and delivery of policing services.
B) The Police Services Act and the Adequacy Standards have had a major impact on Ontario police services.
C) There have been significant changes in the organization of police services and in how police services are delivered.
D) b and c.

Question 16

A major obstacle to the implementation of community policing is:

A) increasing the number of volunteers and volunteer based police programs within an agency
B) receiving "buy in" from the community and politicians; without their support many programs will ultimately fail
C) contained within the collective agreement of many police services. The alteration of collective agreements with police unions may be required in order to implement community policing initiatives
D) the reorganization of police personnel; flattening the organizational structure and increasing the emphasis on line-level police work

Question 17

A key component in community policing is the concept of the police service as a:

A) partnership organization
B) learning organization
C) community-based organization
D) pro-active organization

Question 18

A valuable tool for defining police priorities within a community policing framework is the:

A) community survey
B) process of benchmarking
C) budget provided by city hall or the provincial government
D) year-end analysis of the police complaint process

Question 19

The term geopolicing refers to the:

A) process of deploying police vehicles by way of satellite technology
B) geographic profiling of offenders within a community
C) geographic assignment of officers
D) process of locating criminal activity by way of satellite technology

Question 20

What are mission, value, and vision statements in policing, and what role do they play in community policing?

Question 21

What is the police pyramid, and how is it affected by the community policing model?

Question 22

Describe what it means for a police service to be a learning organization, and identify the characteristics of a police service that is a learning organization.

Question 23

What is a business or strategic plan, and what role does it play in community policing?

Question 24

What is an environmental scan, and what role does it play in community policing?

Question 25

Identify and discuss the types of performance indicators used by community police services.

Question 26

Define and describe the role of the following in community policing:

Question 27

Define and describe what is meant by the term 'geopolicing' and explain its importance to community-based service delivery.

Question 28

Explain why 'staffing to workload' is a better method for calculating police resources than 'pop-to-cop' ratios.

Question 29

Why is it said that the OPP delivers customized policing services?

Question 30

Summarize the OPP community policing service delivery process-"How They Do It."

Question 31

What is CP Net and what role does it play in the OPP model of community policing?

Question 32

Describe the Policing for Results Survey and discuss the role it plays in the OPP model of community policing.

Question 33

Explain what 'Results Driven Policing (RDP)' is and discuss how it contributes to more effective and efficient policing.

Question 34

Explain and discuss the key differences between managing a police service and leading a police service.

Question 35

Discuss how community policing has affected the way police services are organized. In your answer reflect upon Sir Robert Peel's principles.

Question 36

Contrast and discuss the Ontario Provincial Police's customized approach regarding the delivery of policing services with those of the RCMP and municipal police agencies in your area. What are the similarities and what are the differences.