Question 1

What do private security officers and police have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  In certain instances, they both can make arrests. 
B)  They are both salaried with private funds. 
C)  Their uniforms and badges must be similar. 
D)  They both can carry concealed weapons. 
E)  All of these choices.

Question 2

All are common mistakes in problem-oriented policing except

Accepted Answer

A)  spending too much energy on unimportant details. 
B)  failing to resolve important issues. 
C)  being secretive about true feelings. 
D)  All are common mistakes.

Question 3

A community ombudsman consists of citizens who meet to review complaints filed against the police department or against individual officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the SARA model, the strategy that groups individual incidents into meaningful "problems" is

Accepted Answer

A)  analyzing. 
B)  assessing. 
C)  responding. 
D)  scanning. 
E)  solving.

Question 5

Social capital exists on two levels: public and private.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Problem-solving policing and community policing are never equated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The departmental-wide strategy aimed at solving persistent community problems in which police identify, analyze, and respond to the underlying circumstances that create incidents is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  community policing. 
B)  police-oriented policing. 
C)  problem-oriented policing. 
D)  normal policing.

Question 8

Key elements of community policing include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Finding the quickest solution to problems that come to the attention of police. 
B)  Viewing problems as causing harm to both citizens and police. 
C)  Making sure that analyzing problems isn't so consuming that they never get solved. 
D)  Hearing from all segments of the community before police respond to community problems. 
E)  All of these choices.

Question 9

The "bowling alone" phenomenon suggests that if no one cares, crime and disorder will continue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

CompStat became fully operational in 1994 in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Chicago Police Department. 
B)  Los Angeles Police Department. 
C)  Atlanta Police Department. 
D)  New York Police Department.

Question 11

In the SARA model, the strategy that collects information from all available sources, not just police data, is

Accepted Answer

A)  analyzing. 
B)  assessing. 
C)  responding. 
D)  scanning. 
E)  solving.

Question 12

Our society deems the public's right to know so important that the media operates without censorship but is subject to legal action if they publish untruths.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

________________________requires police to group incidents and, thereby, identify underlying causes of problems in the community.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________________________requires police to group incidents and, thereby,...

Question 14

Citizen police academies are designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  train the police to have better police-community communication. 
B)  allow police to preview potential police applicants. 
C)  familiarize citizens with law enforcement duties and roles. 
D)  provide entertainment for communities. 
E)  operate programs to rehabilitate delinquent youth.

Exam 5: Policing in a Post 9 11 Society

What do private security officers and police have in common?

All are common mistakes in problem-oriented policing except

A community ombudsman consists of citizens who meet to review complaints filed against the police department or against individual officers.

In the SARA model, the strategy that groups individual incidents into meaningful "problems" is

Social capital exists on two levels: public and private.

Problem-solving policing and community policing are never equated.

The departmental-wide strategy aimed at solving persistent community problems in which police identify, analyze, and respond to the underlying circumstances that create incidents is known as

Key elements of community policing include which of the following?

The "bowling alone" phenomenon suggests that if no one cares, crime and disorder will continue.

CompStat became fully operational in 1994 in the

In the SARA model, the strategy that collects information from all available sources, not just police data, is

Our society deems the public's right to know so important that the media operates without censorship but is subject to legal action if they publish untruths.

________________________requires police to group incidents and, thereby, identify underlying causes of problems in the community.

Citizen police academies are designed to