Deck 9: Patrol Operations

Question 1

Only large departments employ K-9 units due to the high cost that is associated with the purchase, training, and upkeep of the animal.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Most police patrol today is performed by uniformed officers in radio-equipped patrol cars or on foot.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Kansas City Study occurred in the _____.

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1950s

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to your text, the NHTSA reported and increase in alcohol-related crashes.

Question 5

A common method of transportation used by police officers in many different jurisdictions around the country is the bike patrol.

Question 6

The Kansas City Study indicated that adding or removing police random routine patrol:

A)caused crime to increase
B)caused crime to decrease
C)had no effect on crime
D)eliminated crime altogether

Question 7

Typically, larger urban departments such as New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles have deployed two-officer cars, and most suburban and rural departments prefer one-officer cars.

Question 8

The Kansas City Study determined that decreasing or increasing routine preventive patrol within the range tested in the experiment had no effect on crime, citizen fear of crime, community attitudes toward the police on the delivery of police service, police response time, or traffic accidents.

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the basic components of response time?

A)time between the crime and the call to the police
B)time required for the police to process the call
C)travel time from receipt of the call by the patrol car to arrival at the scene
D)time it takes for the perpetrator to flee the scene

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the three traditional ways we do police work in the United States?

A)retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
B)routine random patrol
C)proactive investigations
D)rapid response to calls by citizens to 911

Question 11

The results of the effectiveness of saturation patrol are mixed, according to studies conducted over the years.

Question 12

At the conclusion of the Kansas City Study, no one in the community had any idea that an experiment regarding policing had been conducted in their community.

Question 13

The traffic enforcement function in policing always ranks high as an area of concern among the public.

Question 14

Police departments are restricting the use of pursuits and using alternative methods to catch the individuals who attempt to elude police officers.

Question 15

An alternative to random routine patrol is directed patrol.

Question 16

According to research, red light cameras that target traffic violators seem to have no effect on the occurrence of traffic violations at that location.

Question 17

Police officers may use potentially deadly force (ramming a vehicle, for example) to end a high-speed chase of a suspect whose actions risk the safety of other drivers and pedestrians.

Question 18

It has commonly been believed in police administration that random routine patrol creates a sense of:

A)semipresence
B)omnipresence
C)nonpresence
D)none of the above

Question 19

The Kansas City Study demonstrated that adding or taking away police patrols from an area made a significant difference within the community.

Question 20

Which is not a special operations unit according to your text?

A)SWAT
B)K-9
C)Emergency Service Units
D)Traffic

Question 21

Agencies that cover a large geographical area, such as sheriff's departments and state patrols, utilize:

A)take-home car programs
B)personally owned vehicles (POVs)
C)fleet vehicles
D)pre-owned vehicles

Question 22

The evidence seems to suggest that proactive, aggressive police strategies are ________in reducing crime, at least in target areas.

A)indifferent
B)not effective
C)effective
D)showing mixed results

Question 23

Which item below is not a new tactical approach to crime control according to your text?

A)alternative vehicle deployment
B)decoy vehicles
C)aggressive patrol
D)all are new tactical approaches

Question 24

During what decade did the foot patrol return to policing?

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 25

Differential response to calls for service is a policy that abandons the traditional practice of responding to all calls for service.In differential response, responses to citizens' calls to 911 for service are matched to the _____ of the calls.

A)importance or severity
B)location
C)numerical order
D)time of day

Question 26

In an experiment, the group that is not acted upon, and where nothing is changed, is called:

A)the control group
B)the experimental group
C)the change agent
D)the free group

Question 27

__________________ involve/s the use of traditional patrol operations in a more aggressive manner.

A)Problem-oriented policing
B)Problem-solving policing
C)Community policing
D)Uniformed tactical operations

Question 28

This system allows police departments to call citizens in the entire jurisdiction or limit it to a particular neighborhood where something is occurring:

A)Reverse 911
B)311
C)911
D)Reverse 311

Question 29

Which is not an innovative way to address responding to community problems and 911 calls according to your text?

A)directed patrol
B)split-force patrol
C)C.O.P.S.
D)differential response

Question 30

____________ models give the police answers as to where and when to assign officers.

A)Patrol pattern
B)Patrol allocation
C)Patrol simulation
D)Patrol direction

Question 31

During what decade was the efficiency of foot patrols challenged?

A)1960s
B)1970s
C)1980s
D)1990s

Question 32

_____ is the most expensive part of a police department's budget.

A)Fuel cost
B)Equipment
C)Personnel
D)Liability insurance

Question 33

Directed patrol units are often interrupted by calls for service.This can affect the performance assignments.What is a solution to this problem?

A)routine patrol
B)task force patrol
C)split-force patrol
D)There is no solution to the problem.

Question 34

Using available scientific research on policing to implement crime-fighting strategies and department policies is known as:

A)differential response
B)scientific management
C)community policing
D)evidence-based policing

Question 35

The most important and visible part of police work to the public is/are _____.

A)detective operations
B)public appearances by the police chief
C)patrol
D)crime prevention

Question 36

Officers who patrol specific locations at specific times to address a specific crime problem are called:

A)split-force patrol
B)task force patrol
C)routine patrol
D)directed patrol

Question 37

Most departments utilize:

A)take-home car programs
B)personally owned vehicles (POVs)
C)fleet vehicles
D)pre-owned vehicles

Question 38

Academic studies regarding response time indicate that:

A)victims often delay calling the police after a crime or other incident occurs
B)the perpetrator will be caught if the police arrive within 2 minutes of the call
C)the perpetrator will be caught if the police arrive within 5 minutes of the call
D)rapid response is most important in discovery crimes

Question 39

A _____ system allows non-emergency calls to be redirected or referred to other referral agencies or government agencies.

A)311
B)411
C)511
D)611

Question 40

The classic study of random routine patrol was the ____________________.

Question 41

Describe the Kansas City Study.What was the major value of the study?

Question 42

______________ is a term popularized in the late 1990s to refer to police units organized in a more militaristic manner (such as SWAT teams) with their primary function to threaten or use force collectively.

Question 43

What are the three traditional methods we have used to do police work in the United States?

Question 44

____________________ is a method of deploying police officers that gives them responsibility for all policing activity by requiring them to walk around a defined geographic area.

Question 45

Explain how directed patrol differs from the traditional random patrol.

Question 46

Assigning a larger number of uniformed officers to an area to deal with a particular crime problem is called ____________________.

Question 47

The impression of the police always being there is called ____________________.

Question 48

Discuss special operations listed in your text that assist law enforcement in providing services to the community.

Question 49

Decoy vehicles are beneficial to the fact as they pose no threat to officer __________.

Question 50

Identify and describe some alternative responses to crime that law enforcement can use rather than rapid response to calls.

Question 51

____________________ is the backbone of policing.

Question 52

In recent years, _______________ has become a serious problem on our highways and roads.

Question 53

Explain what the introduction of automobiles to police work did to police-community relations.

Question 54

Why do citizens seem to want more police officers on foot patrol rather than in police cars?

Question 55

Police special weapons and tactical teams are popularly known as ____________________.

Question 56

This telephone system allows police departments to call citizens in certain geographic areas and notify them to lock their doors, evacuate, or be aware of a crime problem:

Question 57

Police officers driving around a designated geographic area is known as ____________.

Question 58

Discuss the value of evidence-based policing.

Question 59

Officers patrol specific locations at specific times to address specific crime problems:

Question 60

Using available scientific research on policing to implement crime-fighting strategies and department policies is called ____________________.

Question 61

Explain what the research says about police pursuits and how law enforcement is responding to this information.

Question 62

Discuss the issues arising between deploying one- or two-officer patrol cars.