Core components of community policing

Community Policing Exam

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What are the two basic themes that define the core components of community policing?

A) Knowledge management and community engagement B) Preventive patrol and reactive criminal investigations C) Police-community partnerships and proactive problem-solving approach. D) Emphasis on specialization and police-centered solutions to crime prevention

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Which of the following is a true statement regarding community policing and police officer discretion?

A) Community policing works best when police administrators maintain closer control on discretionary decision making about addressing crime community problems. B) Community policing works best when police officers have the discretion to make decisions to help solve community problems. C) Community policing works best when police discretion is minimized. D) Community policing works best when community members have more discretionary decision making about addressing crime problems than police officers.

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The unique conglomeration of organizational values, beliefs and expectations that are passed on to newcomers in a police department is known as ________.

A) police mind-set B) police culture C) police subculture D) police organizational behavior

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Which presidential commission resulted in significant federal funding for police-related programs in the mid-1960s?

A) National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals B) National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence C) President's Commission on Campus Unrest D) President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice

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What significant event first brought into question the effectiveness of police preventive patrols?

A) The Kansas City Preventive Patrol Study B) An article, "Problem-Oriented Policing" by Herman Goldstein C) The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funding studies D) An article, "Broken Windows" by George Keeling

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In 1929, what major step did President Hoover take to address the inefficiency and corruption of policing in the United States?

A) Establishment of the FBI B) Provided federal funding for professionalizing police agencies C) The appointment of the Wickersham Commission to study the criminal justice system. D) Development of community policing

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Which of the four dimensions of community policing, as defined by Gary Cordner, emphasizes that community policing is a philosophy rather than a program?

A) Tactical dimension B) Philosophical dimension C) Organizational dimension D) Strategic dimension

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What type of strategies does community policing emphasize?

A) Deliberate B) Enforcement-oriented C) Proactive D) Reactive

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Which of the following is a central tenet of community policing?

A) Solving crime through the technical and scientific focus of criminalistics. B) Police-centered problem-solving efforts C) A focus on reactive, rapid-response patrol D) Police involvement with and responsiveness to the community.

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Which of the following best describes the importance of police mission statements?

A) It reflects a police agency's commitment to the community it serves as a way to provide positive, meaningful police-community relations as well as to be more effective. B) It provides a specific strategic plan for reducing crime C) It provides a code of conduct for officers D) It provides a vision statement, specific departmental goals and objectives.

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Who is considered to be the father of American policing?

A) August Vollmer B) O. W. Wilson C) J. Edgar Hoover D) Robert Peel

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Which of the following is the universally accepted definition of community policing?

A) Problem solving, community partnerships, preventive interventions and organizational change. B) Partnerships, problem solving and crime prevention C) There is no one universally accepted definition of community policing. D) Community-based crime prevention combined with reoriented patrol.

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Which of the four dimensions of community policing focuses on the key operational concepts that translate community policing into specific actions?

A) Organizational dimension B) Tactical dimension C) Philosophical dimension D) Strategic dimension

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Who in policing have the opportunity to use the greatest amount of discretion?

A) Police supervisors B) High-ranking police executives C) Patrol officers D) Police commanders

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Which of the following provides a false image of policing that can negatively affect police image in a community and is a perception over which the police have little control?

A) CSI effect B) Police novelty items C) Police exercise of their authority D) Police uniforms and equipment

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What is often the root of ethical dilemmas in policing?

A) Impaired integrity of new officers B) Politics C) Lack of accountability D) The ends-versus-means controversy.

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Blanchard and Peale in writing about ethical decision making suggested three questions that can be used as personal ethics checks. Which of the following is not one of the questions?

A) Is it fair? B) Is it balanced? C) Is it legal? D) How will it make me feel about myself?

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According to a National Institute of Justice study, public satisfaction with police is shaped by several factors. Over which of those factors can police exert a positive influence?

A) Neighborhood crime conditions B) Experiences with the police C) Demographic variables D) Race relations

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What type of people do police agencies want to hire as police officers to further their organizational commitment to community policing?

A) People with service-oriented traits B) People who are adventure seekers C) People interested in special weapons and tactics D) People who are athletes

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What did Sir Robert Peel, founder of the London Metropolitan Police, consider the primary duty of police?

A) Prevention of crime and disorder B) Enforcement of the law C) Criminal investigation D) Preservation of property rights