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EXAM 1 Flashcards

1
Q

The word police comes from the Latin word. . .

A

Policia

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2
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Policia Means

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Civil administration

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3
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First form of English police officer and responsible for dealing with more serious breaches in law enforcement

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The constable

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4
Q

Beadles were . . .

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assistants to the constable and walked the streets removing vagrants

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5
Q

Who were thief-takers

A

private police. Had no official stauts and were paid by the king for every criminal they arrested - bounty hunters

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6
Q

England’s first uniformed patrol was the ____ patrol

A

Horse patrol

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7
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Henry Fieldings brought about the first official ___ reports

A

crime

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8
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Bow street runners from fieldings organization were not ___ by public ____ but could accept rewards

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Paid; public

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9
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Peel’s Police created the first large scale, uniform, organized, ___, police force

A

Paid

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10
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Precursor to the modern American system

A

Slave patrols

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11
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Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Held that Dred Scott, a black slave, could not ___ in court for his freedom because he was not a citizen, but instead a piece of property

A

sue

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12
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Where did the term “cops” come from?

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The copper badges they wore

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13
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The biggest problem with the Atlanta Georgia department was that they were made up of

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“the poor, elderly, and the not-so honest element”

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14
Q

Federal judiciary act of 1789 created the office of the ________

A

U.S. Marshalls

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15
Q

Volstead Act

A

National prohibition, Eighteenth amendment

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16
Q

The Wickersham Commission

A

First national study of The US Criminal justice system

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17
Q

Father of policing:

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August Vollmer can certainly be considered the father of policing

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18
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Miranda VS Arizone (1966)

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Required police to notify sus of rights before arrest and or questioning

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19
Q

Rodney King Incident 1991

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african american male killed by police, pushed american policing back 30 years

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20
Q

LEMAS Program stands for. . .

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Law enforcement management and administration program

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21
Q

FBI

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Federal bureau of investigation

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22
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Vast majority of all law enforcment employees in the united states are ____ leo

A

Local law enforcment or local police

23
Q

majority of local police are employed by ______ agencies

A

larger

24
Q

Departments with fewer than __ full-time officer account for __ percent of all agencies. BUT employed just __ % of all officers

A

10;53;6

25
Q

Total % females in local departments

A

12.0%

26
Q

largest police dept is. . .

A

New York (NYPD) 36,023 sworn officers

27
Q

the largest county police department in the united states is the. . .

A

Miami-dade county police dept (3,120 offciers)

28
Q

Alaska does have a state -funded village public safety officer (VPSO) program for____ villages

A

small villages, 10 weeks training, little to no backup, HIGH turnover rate of 40%

29
Q

Governmental power to make or enforce laws on Indian country is divided among . . .

A

federal, state, and tribal gov’ts. Jurisdiction depends on nature of offense

30
Q

Public indian law 83-280 States include…

A

Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, orogen and Wisconsin

31
Q

Only state without a primary state LE agency is _______(although several local departments with state-wide jurisdiction)

A

Hawaii

32
Q

Traditionally, creation of laws and enforcement were matters of the _____

A

State

33
Q

Under The US attorney generals control, responsible for enforcing all federal law, rep’ing the gov’t when it is involved in a court action, and conducting investigations through its law enforcement services

A

The U.S. Department of Justice (primary legal and prosecutorial arm of the US Gov

34
Q

Who operates the National Institute of Justice

A

Justice department

35
Q

FBi is best known of

A

the other federal law enforcement agencies

36
Q

NCJRS

A

National criminal justice reference service

37
Q

There is NO national ____ force

A

police

38
Q

Uniform crime report produces an annual compilation that includes information on ______

A

Crimes, arrest, offcier killed, and other data

39
Q

US Marshels provide. . .

A

witness protection, at fed trials, catch fed fugitives, execute fed warrants, operate fed protetcion program, and in charge of the US asset seizure and forfeiture programs

40
Q

Estabished march 2003. Merged 22 domestic agencies into one dept to protect the nation against outside threats. at conception, 170,000 empoyees

A

Dept of homeland security

41
Q

secret service also does what?

A

counterfit

42
Q

One supervisor for every __ to __ officers

A

6 to 10

43
Q

shared leadership

A
44
Q

Federal, state, and local departments are typically protected under what system>?

A

civil service regulations, typically larger dept’s , but not alwasy

45
Q

Sworn members

A

officers

46
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Non-sworn

A

civilians

47
Q

Detectives exercise ___ supervisory role over police officers EXCEPT AT ____

A

NO; crimes scenes

48
Q

Platoon consists of. . .

A

all peeps working a particular shift, wacth, or squad (lieutenent in charge)

49
Q

The process of removing sworn officers from noncritical roles and replacing with civilians is called….

A

civilianization

50
Q

police reserves and auxiliaries are typically not paid BUT sometimes are ____

A

paid

51
Q

reserve offcier is ___ time, and who serves as _____.

A

part-time; serves as needed

52
Q

back-bone of dept is the

A

patrol

53
Q

__ hour shift is the most common

A

8

54
Q

Auxiliary are. . .

A

records, detention, drug, alchol srvices, property, labs, communications, etc

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