THINGS TO KNOW FOR FINAL

Question 1

Accreditation

Answer 1

Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies

• Established in 1979
• It’s a voluntary process, not eligible for Federal funds
• Today 750 agencies are accredited
• To be accredited costs a lot of money

Question 2

Civil Service

Answer 2

Formal and legal binding procedures

• it’s universal
• Personnel decisions in policing are a shared responsibility, but some decisions are controlled by civil service system

Question 3

Police Academy

Answer 3

First, provides formal training
Second, it weeds out recruits
Third, socializes recruits into police subculture

Question 4

FTO

Answer 4

Field Training Officer

• It is practical training under supervision
• Today 33% of depts require field training

Question 5

Hate Crimes are?

Answer 5

Bias motivated crimes

The Hate Crimes of Statistics Act of 1990 made hate crime a criminal offense

Question 6

Corruption

Answer 6

Defined by Herman Goldstein
- is the misuse of authority and personal gain
Gratuities most common form

Question 7

The Knapp Commission

Answer 7

Investigated NYC corruption

- made distinction between grass eaters and meat eaters

Question 8

In NYC regular payoffs

Answer 8

• referred to as “the pad”.

Question 9

Consent Decree

Answer 9

• is a settlement between two parties in a lawsuit

Against Pittsburgh PD ordered to make changes in management and accountability procedures.

Question 10

Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment

Answer 10

Officer used color coded pad on how to handle each DV case

- Study found that arrest = less repeat violence than mediation or separation

Question 11

Christopher Commission

Answer 11

That the code of silence is a major part of the organizational culture of policing (in LA), major obstacle to police accountability.

• Also, Reviewed psychological evaluations given to LAPD applicants
• Concluded the initial screening can identify obvious social issues, but not abnormalities such as inability to control impulses

Question 12

Mollen Commission

Answer 12

• They found serious corruption in NYC PD

Officers were found on drug dealer’s payroll

Question 13

Tennessee v. Garner

Answer 13

4th Amendment

Officer must believe that there is probable cause to use deadly force

Question 14

Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 14

Unreasonable search and seizures can’t be used in as evidence

Question 15

Terry v. Ohio

Answer 15

Officer has reasonable suspicion to “stop and frisk”

Question 16

Joseph Goldstein

Answer 16

Conducted one of the first studies of police discretion

Question 17

Jerome Skolnick

Answer 17

The roles of policing

- crime fighters

Question 18

William Westley

Answer 18

Defined reality shock

- When new officers encounter unpleasant dealings with the public, criminal justice system and the police department