Professionalism

Question 1

Policing in America has roots in which European methods?

Answer 1

County
Sheriff
Common law
English “bobby” foot patrol

Question 2

What is watch in the watch and ward system?

Answer 2

nighttime

Question 3

American policing developed in ______________?

Answer 3

New York, Boston, and Philadelphia

Question 4

service models or styles 1900-1940s changed how?

Answer 4

Automobiles provided rapid response to calls for service
Advent of radio communications allowed calls for service to be dispatched to officers in the field
The police performance level increased due to rapid response, while actual
communications with citizens decreased.

Question 5

Which time frame was the absence of quality evaluation prevalent throughout?

Answer 5

1900-1940

Question 6

whose goal was to bring professionalism to the
police?

Answer 6

August Vollmer

Question 7

From 1950 through the 1970s what evolved?

Answer 7

technology continued to improve, with computers and communication

Question 8

professional police model developed with emphasis on accountability and
increased standards. Success measures such as ________, _________, ___________ became common indicators of police performance

Answer 8

response time, crime statistics,
and citizen complaints

Question 9

police personnel should have two or four years of college education. This Commission indicated that the ultimate aim of all police departments was for personnel with general enforcement powers to have
baccalaureate degrees was stated by whom?

Answer 9

President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice stated in 1967

Question 10

The patrol system became an ___________ approach in which police officers
often became little more than report takers in most communities

Answer 10

Incident-driven

Question 11

From 1980 through present what developed?

Answer 11

Technology continues to improve with computers, mobile devices, and weapons.

Question 12

Policing was handled by the Spanish military. This ended when Texas became a free and independent republic after

Answer 12

Battle of San Jacinto in 1836

Question 13

Which office is ancient?

Answer 13

Sheriffs

Question 14

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law that?

Answer 14

The Act was intended to prohibit Federal troops from supervising elections in former Confederate states. It generally prohibits Federal military personnel and
units of the United States National Guard under Federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States

Question 15

the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law
enforcement agencies and officers must follow.

Answer 15

he Occupations Code 1701

Question 16

Firearms Proficiency Requirements for Handguns

Answer 16

minimum of 50 rounds, fired at ranges from point-blank to at
least 15 yards with at least 20 rounds at or beyond seven yards, including at least one timed reload

Question 17

The minimum passing percentage shall be ____ for each firearm

Answer 17

70

Question 18

Most of the workload of patrol officers and detectives consists of handling
crimes that have already been committed, disturbances in progress, traffic
violations, and such. Exceptions include crime prevention and narcotics
investigations… is what?

Answer 18

Reactive response

Question 19

This relies on limited information, mostly from victims, witnesses, and suspects.
Focus tends to be on one “incident” which is resolved before moving to the next
“incident.” Definition for what?

Answer 19

Incident driven

Question 20

This relies on limited information, mostly from victims, witnesses, and suspects.
Focus tends to be on one ______ which is resolved before moving to the next
“incident.

Answer 20

“incident”

Question 21

The primary means of resolving incidents is to involve _________

Answer 21

criminal justice
process

Question 22

Use of aggregate statistic The department is doing a good job when ____________ or the citywide ________

Answer 22

citywide crime rate is low, citywide arrest rate is high.

Question 23

Under the Traditional Police Service Model what happens?

Answer 23

Lack of community and employee involvement in the decision-making process
Most decisions are made at the management and mid-management level with
little citizen involvement

Question 24

Community Policing

Answer 24

A new philosophy of policing, based on the concept that police officers and
private citizens working together in creative ways can help solve contemporary
community problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder,
and neighborhood decay

Question 25

This new “community policing officer” (CPO) serves as a _________: an
officer whose mission includes developing imaginative, new ways to
address the broad spectrum of community concerns embraced by the
community policing philosophy

Answer 25

generalist

Question 26

Principles of Community-Oriented Policing

Answer 26

Both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allows the police and
community residents to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems
of crime, fear of crime, physical and social disorder, and neighborhood deca

Question 27

To implement true community policing, police departments must also create and
develop a new breed of line officer, the ___________

Answer 27

“community policing officer” (CPO)

Question 28

implies a new contract between the police and the citizens it serves - one that offers the hope of overcoming widespread apathy, while restraining any impulse to ___________

Answer 28

vigilantism

Question 29

Must be a fully integrated approach that involves everyone in the department,
with the CPOs as ________ in bridging the gap between the police and the
people they serve.

Answer 29

specialists

Question 30

The community policing approach plays a crucial role internally, within
the police department, by ______________________________________

Answer 30

providing information and assistance about
the community and its problems, and by enlisting broad-based
community support for the department’s overall objectives

Question 31

Solve problems - improved relations with citizens is a welcome byproduct
Line function: Regular contact between officers and citizens is the goal to what?

Answer 31

COMMUNITY POLICING

Question 32

Direct service - same officer takes complaints and gives crime prevention tips describes what?

Answer 32

COMMUNITY POLICING

Question 33

Change attitudes and project a positive image - improved relations with citizens is a main focus is the goal of what?

Answer 33

POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Question 34

Which type of policing has Staff Function: Irregular contact between officers and citizens

Answer 34

POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Question 35

What is the purpose of a police organization?

Answer 35

to fight crime
To serve and protect
To promote the public safety

Question 36

The concept of quality police customer service, For whom do we work?

Answer 36

The peace officer works for and services the citizen of the community

Question 37

The peace officer is ________ to the citizens of the community through
the chain of command in the organization.

Answer 37

responsible

Question 38

The basic concept of quality police customer service is to provide a level
of service in which the citizen not only receives the basic protection
expected of a police agency but receives it in a _______ ________ ___ ______ _______from police personnel who display a ________ _______ _________ _____ ________ ________

Answer 38

highly effective and efficient manner
highly positive, friendly, and helpful manner

Question 39

What is the definition of Procedural Justice?

Answer 39

perspective argues that the legitimacy of the police is linked to public judgements about the fairness of the processes through which the police make decisions and exercise authority

Question 40

_______ ____________’ is the community’s view of whether police have acted legally and lawfully. The community’s perception of legitimacy is sometimes influenced strongly by many factors and should be considered when making policies and developing relationships within the community.

Answer 40

‘police legitimacy

Question 41

What are The Four Principles of Procedural Justice:

Answer 41

Give people a Voice (listen)
Neutrality (be fair)
Respectful treatment (be respectful)
Trustworthiness comes from a Fair and Transparent process

Question 42

Goals in policing include maintaining social order, preventing crime, ensuring constitutional rights, protecting, and serving the public, etc. describe what?

Answer 42

The concepts of procedural justice and legitimacy

Question 43

_________ ________ is a way to increase legitimacy

Answer 43

Procedural Justice

Question 44

What are the values of providing quality police customer services?

Answer 44

The quality driven police agency and its employees must consider themselves as a business venture in which a high degree of value is placed on quality customer service.
The most desirable outcome of this concept is that the community is well served, and the agency becomes a highly professional, respected service-oriented organization.

Question 45

characteristics of traditional (formal) police organizational structure and
police subculture (informal)

Answer 45

Paramilitary: Authoritarian, Chain of command, Micromanagement

Question 46

Why look at police subculture?

Answer 46

To better understand the behavior of others and to allow for informed choices
about one’s own behavior.

Question 47

Police Code of Ethics is made up of what three parts?

Answer 47

The first part concerns equal protection. Police officers must enforce the law regardless of the race, sex, class, or identity of the offender
Secondly, police must follow the law themselves. Civil liberties cannot be violated.
Thirdly, they are held to a moral standard above and beyond that of many members of the public. They are not allowed to use their power for personal gain or live immorally

Question 47

What are the Characteristics of the Police Subculture

Answer 47

Curiosity and suspiciousness
Solidarity - taking care of one another
Secrecy - protection from hostile environment
Political and social conservatism
Cynicism - Hobbesian view of social work
Social isolation
Authoritarian approach to control, conformity
Support during difficult/stressful time