Chapter 8

Question 1

True or false:
The term “constitutional policing” means training police officers so that they memorize the key parts of the Bill of Rights as they apply to the field.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or false:
Experience has shown that police should always make a show of force at public demonstrations.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or false:
Policing today has an extremely challenging time recruiting and achieving an applicant pool and in maintaining a stable workforce.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false:
Changing the police agency’s culture in regard to its use of force actually begins with recruits in the academy- training them to be problem solvers, not as soldiers.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or false:
It is established that the most challenging aspect of changing the culture of a police agency lies in changing the attitudes and beliefs or first line supervisors (ex: sergeants).

Answer 5

True