Pol Ad Flashcards
In 1833 which US city became the first to have a paid, full time day police force
Philadelphia
What act was passed in 1829 creating a full time police agency in london
The metropolitan police act
what as often a tightly controlled political party headed by a boss or small autocratic group whose purpose was to repeatedly win elections for personal gain, often through graft or corruption
political machine or machine politics
The use of government resources by politicians to reward loyal voters is called
Patronage or Spoils system
What act was passed in 1883 establishing the US civil service commission to enforce its provisions and mandating that federal employees pass a competitive examination and be appointed on the basis of merit
The Pendleton act
What is the process of acquiring and maintaining control over government, including its policies, administration, and operations
Politics
What was established by the new york senate to examine police corruption in the new york city police department
Lexow Committee
Who is the father of modern law enforcement
Gus Vollmer
Which model resulted in more staff positions to do specialized work, an emphasis on both line inspections of officers and staff inspections of functions, written policies and procedures, enhanced training, increased accountability, and the widespread adoption of the bureaucratic form of organization
The Military Model
What was the National Prohibition Act more commonly known as
The Volstead act
What commission did President Hoover appoint in 1929 that was the first comprehensive study of crime and policing in american history
The National Commission on Law observance and law enforcement. more commonly known as the Wickersham Commission
What act was passed in response to the actions of the KKK
The Forces Act
What act invalidated Jim Crow laws
The civil rights act of 1964
What were the people that checked to make sure that the lights were not showing, which enemies could see and use to navigate toward their targets called
Air Raid Wardens
What court case ruled that segregation was illegal
Brown vs Board of education
what was created in 1959 to set minimum standards for the selection and training of police officers
Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST)
The Kansas city preventative patrol study examined which 3 types of patrol services to see what difference each made
Reactive Districts, Proactive Districts, Control Districts
What study sought to determine what factors contribute to the success of criminal investigations, and just what it is that detectives do.
The Rand corporation criminal investigative study
What did the Rand Study conclude
That the preliminary investigations conducted by patrol officers provided the information that led to the solution of most cases
What was a bold reform effort to shape how police resources were used and to reduce the amount of specialization by using patrol officers in a variety of roles, such as plain clothes assignments
Team Policing
What is the development of police strategies and programs in partnership with communities in order to deliver custom tailored police services and solutions to problems, as well as a renewed focus on crime prevention rather than crime detection.
Community oriented policing
What was based on the premise that when small infractions or the law are ignored, it creates a climate conducive to more serious crimes being committed
Zero Tolerance Policing
What is a management control system designed to develop, analyze, and disseminate information about reported crime and to track efforts to deal with it.
COMPSTAT
What is based on data analysis of a constellation of sources, including intelligence, agency records, and scientific research.
Evidence based policing
What type of policing did Larry Sherman pioneer by analyzing crime data, and concluded that a relatively few places/addresses in a city produced roughly half of all crime.
Hot Spot policing
What type of Policing had the quickest, and to date, the most wide spread impact on policing.
Community Oriented Policing
The Effect that made officers believe that if they have to resort to force, it might create trigger riots there is is known as what
The Ferguson Effect
The effect that officers dont want to end up in prison so they only respond to calls from dispatch is called
The Baltimore Effect
