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Question 1

In 1833 which US city became the first to have a paid, full time day police force

Answer 1

Philadelphia

Question 2

What act was passed in 1829 creating a full time police agency in london

Answer 2

The metropolitan police act

Question 3

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

Answer 3

political machine or machine politics

Question 4

The use of government resources by politicians to reward loyal voters is called

Answer 4

Patronage or Spoils system

Question 5

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

Answer 5

The Pendleton act

Question 6

What is the process of acquiring and maintaining control over government, including its policies, administration, and operations

Answer 6

Politics

Question 7

What was established by the new york senate to examine police corruption in the new york city police department

Answer 7

Lexow Committee

Question 8

Who is the father of modern law enforcement

Answer 8

Gus Vollmer

Question 9

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

Answer 9

The Military Model

Question 10

What was the National Prohibition Act more commonly known as

Answer 10

The Volstead act

Question 11

What commission did President Hoover appoint in 1929 that was the first comprehensive study of crime and policing in american history

Answer 11

The National Commission on Law observance and law enforcement. more commonly known as the Wickersham Commission

Question 12

What act was passed in response to the actions of the KKK

Answer 12

The Forces Act

Question 13

What act invalidated Jim Crow laws

Answer 13

The civil rights act of 1964

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Air Raid Wardens

Question 15

What court case ruled that segregation was illegal

Answer 15

Brown vs Board of education

Question 16

what was created in 1959 to set minimum standards for the selection and training of police officers

Answer 16

Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST)

Question 17

The Kansas city preventative patrol study examined which 3 types of patrol services to see what difference each made

Answer 17

Reactive Districts, Proactive Districts, Control Districts

Question 18

What study sought to determine what factors contribute to the success of criminal investigations, and just what it is that detectives do.

Answer 18

The Rand corporation criminal investigative study

Question 19

What did the Rand Study conclude

Answer 19

That the preliminary investigations conducted by patrol officers provided the information that led to the solution of most cases

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Team Policing

Question 21

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.

Answer 21

Community oriented policing

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Zero Tolerance Policing

Question 23

What is a management control system designed to develop, analyze, and disseminate information about reported crime and to track efforts to deal with it.

Answer 23

COMPSTAT

Question 24

What is based on data analysis of a constellation of sources, including intelligence, agency records, and scientific research.

Answer 24

Evidence based policing

Question 25

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.

Answer 25

Hot Spot policing

Question 26

What type of Policing had the quickest, and to date, the most wide spread impact on policing.

Answer 26

Community Oriented Policing

Question 27

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

Answer 27

The Ferguson Effect

Question 28

The effect that officers dont want to end up in prison so they only respond to calls from dispatch is called

Answer 28

The Baltimore Effect