CS #14 Flashcards

1
Q
Community-Oriented policing or simply community policing is \_\_\_\_\_\_ for American Law enforcement in the early twenty-first century
A. The Next Big Thing
B. The preferred way of doing business
C. A passing Fad
D. The latest fad
A

B. The preferred way of doing business

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When properly done, community oriented policing is
A. Police Social Work
B. Not Police Social Work
C. Sometimes correctly referred to as police social work
D. Counseling and referrals

A

B. Not police Social Work

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individual officers working in a community policing structure seek to be \_\_\_\_\_ as opposed to reactive in their approach to their duties
A. Restrained
B. Responsive
C. Proactive
D. Laid Back
A

C. Proactive

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Community policing requires \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ on the part of the police professional
A. Problem solution
B. Problem referral
C. Problem deferral
D. Problem Shifting
A

A. Problem solution

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Community policing in its true form exists only where the \_\_\_\_\_\_ or some element of it in addition to the police participates in problem identification, analysis and solution
A. Top elected official
B. Department Leadership
C. Command Staff
D. Community
A

D. Community

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Community policing is a philosophy or \_\_\_\_\_\_ for an entire law enforcement operation or organization
A. Discipline
B. Mantra
C. Mindset
D. Dogma
A

C. Mindset

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The idea of community policing is to involve police officers with \_\_\_\_\_\_ living, working or playing in a given area to identify problems and mutually develop solutions for them
A. Critics
B. Minorities
C. Citizens
D. None of the above
A

C. Citizens

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Even in locales where the concept of community oriented policing is fully embraced police will always have to be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ at times as well
A. Offensive
B. Reactive
C. Cautionary
D. Punitive
A

B. Reactive

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Community policing is not intended to be 
A. A public relation trick
B. Warm and Fuzzy
C. Soft on Criminals
D. All of the above
A

D. All of the above

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10
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Community policing is a/an \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ operation
A. Specialized unit
B. Veteran Officer
C. All Hands
D. Uniformed
A

C. All hands

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Advocates for community policing note that it is the \_\_\_\_\_\_ who most often determine if community oriented policing will succeed
A. First line officers
B. First line supervisor
C. Agency head
D. Command Staff
A

B. First line supervisor

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Indifference or hostility from the \_\_\_\_\_ will make it hard for community policing to work, even if the police brass supports it
A. Mid-Managers
B. News Media
C. Police Critics
D. Supervisory Corps
A

D. Supervisory Corps

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Encouraging officers to innovate and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to old problems is what community policing is about
A. Turn their backs
B. Show less attention
C. Develop new responses
D. None of the above
A

C. Develop new responses

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Community policing will force the traditional system supervisor to make some changes in what he \_\_\_\_\_\_ as well as in what he prizes in a subordinate
A. Monitors
B. Disciplines
C. Corrects
D. Punishes
A

A. Monitors

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Community Policing \_\_\_\_\_\_ employees accountability to their supervisor
A. Reduces
B. Does not Reduce
C. Changes radically
D. Doubles
A

B. Does not reduce

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Good community policing leaders \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ among their subordinates 
A. Build trust
B. Build a positive attitude
C. Both A and b
D. Neither A nor B
A

C. Both A and B

17
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ by the first line supervisor is necessary if the community oriented approach to solving problems is going to work well
A. Close supervision
B. Loose supervision
C. Disinterest
D. Continuing interest
A

D. Continuing interest

18
Q
In community policing, supervisors provide their officers with reasonable degree of earned independence and allow them to fail \_\_\_\_ by learning from the experience without major repercussions
A. Successfully
B. Totally
C. partially
D. Organizationally
A

A. Successfully

19
Q
Supervision in a police agency practicing true community policing requires a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ break with traditional style of law enforcement supervision 
A. Complete
B. Total
C. Partial
D. None of the above
A

C. Partial

20
Q
The effective community policing supervisor grants his employees additional \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to Identify problems and secure the community's active assistance in solving them
A. Independence
B. Flexibility
C. Authority
D. All of the above
A

D. all of the above