Chapter 5 Flashcards
Directed patrol
A proactive form of patrolling that directs resources to known high-crime areas
Aggressive patrol
A patrol strategy designed to maximize the number of police interventions and observations in the community
What are the 4 components of of community policing?
1: Focusing on community-based crime prevention
2: Changing the focus on patrol activities to non emergency services
3: Making the police more accountable to the public
4: decentralizing decision making to include residents
Problem oriented policing
An approach to policing in which offers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond tp the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police
Community crime prevention
An approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens call the police
Interpol
The international crime police organization formed in 1946 and based in France with the mission of facilitation international cooperation in investigating transnational criminal activities and security threats
U.S. Border Patrol
Federal law enforcement agency with responsibility for border security by patrolling national land borders and coastal waters to prevent smuggling, drug trafficking and illegal entry, including entry by potential illegal terrorists.
Law enforcement intelligence
Information collected and analyzed by law enforcement officials, concerning criminal activities and organizations such as gangs, drug traffickers, and organized crime.
Fusion centers
Centers run by states and large cities that analyze and facilitate sharing of homeland security agencies in preventing and responding to crime and terrorism threats
U.S. Patriot Act
A federal statue passed in the aftermath if the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that broadens government authority to conduct searches and wiretaps and expands the definitions of crimes involving terrorism.
