Quiz 5

Question 1

What is meant by jurisdiction?

Answer 1

Geographic area that is:
- area specific
- politically defined
Includes:
- Laws/duties an agency is permitted to enforce
- refers to a person, territory, or subject matter

Question 2

Tithing System

Answer 2

A private self-help protection system (Medieval England). It was a group of 10 families who agreed to follow the law, keep peace in their areas, and bring law violators to justice.

Question 3

Bow Street Runners

Answer 3

A group of professional law enforcement agents to apprehend criminals and recover stolen property in the entertainment district of London

Question 4

What year was the London Metropolitan Police founded?

Answer 4

1829

Question 5

Who was Robert Peel?

Answer 5

British Home Secretary he said main function of police should be to prevent crime by preventative control and defined standards of professionalism

Question 6

What system did English colonists bring to America?

Answer 6

The Constable Watch System

Question 7

Slave Codes

Answer 7

Protected slave holders property rights in human beings, held slaves responsible for their crimes

Question 8

Considered the first state police agency?

Answer 8

Texas Rangers

Question 9

August Vollmer change policing?

Answer 9

Centralized authority, specialized units. Patrol Cars, radios, training. Shifts from social services to crime

Question 10

Police response to civil disorder of 1960’s affect policing?

Answer 10

shift to community policing - peace keeping and social services, away from crime fighting

Question 11

Community Policing

Answer 11

a contemporary approach to policing, involves the community in a working partnership to control and reduce crime

Question 12

CompStat

Answer 12

tech and management system to make police better organized, more effective crime fighters.

Question 13

US Marshals created

Answer 13

protect federal courts, support their operations, enforce federal/court decesions and laws

Question 14

FBI created

Answer 14

investigate violations of Sherman anti trust act (business monopolies)

Question 15

Secret Service created

Answer 15

combat counterfieting

Question 16

DEA created

Answer 16

establish a single unified command to wage an all out global war on the drug menace

Question 17

Four main functions of local police

Answer 17

peace keeping, social workers, crime fighters, police servant

Question 18

Why do county sheriffs have more clout than police cheifs

Answer 18

sheriffs are elected and answers to county officials, chief is appointed and answers to local mayor

Question 19

State Police Model

Answer 19

agency and officers have the same law enforcement powers as local police but can exercise them anywhere

Question 20

Highway Patrol Model

Answer 20

officers focus on highway traffic safety, enforcement of state’s traffic laws, and investigation of accidents on the state’s roads highways

Question 21

Department of Public Safety Model

Answer 21

complex organizations composed of several agencies/divisions

Question 22

Contract Security

Answer 22

Private security firm provides protective services to outside people that don’t employ their own security personnel/need extra protection

Question 23

Proprietary Private Security

Answer 23

in house protective services that a security staff provides for the entity that employs it

Question 24

Successes/Problems with private security and terrorism

Answer 24

successes- provides better protection at important infrastructures/facilities
problems- potential abuse of authority, privacy, information sharing