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| Officers who are classified as meat eaters actively seek illicit moneymaking opportunities. |
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| Most police departments require new officers to have a four-year degree. |
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| Less-lethal weapons are those that are designed to disable, capture, or immobilize a suspect rather than kill him or her. |
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Information compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity is known as the police subculture. |
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| Profiling was originally intended to help catch drug couriers attempting to enter the country. |
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The rate of violent death among law enforcement officers in the line of duty is low. |
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| There was a significant recent decline in police deaths from all causes. |
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| Most police officers who are shot and killed are killed in shoot-outs with three or more gunmen. |
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| Many federal law enforcement agencies require college degrees for entry-level positions. |
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A 2006 study found that African-American police executives had significant problems being accepted by their peers. |
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| The Supreme Court gives qualified immunity to officers to protect them from lawsuits if the officers believed their actions were lawful based on the information they possessed at the time. |
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In the 1960s, renowned criminologist Jerome Skolnick described what he called the police working personality. |
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A Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) found that police chiefs strongly believe that they can contribute to terrorism prevention by utilizing community policing networks. |
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Use of excessive force and the excessive use of force CANNOT be distinguished from the illegal use of force. |
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| Less-lethal weapons do NOT offer a potential solution to incidents of “suicide by cop.” |
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Criminologist Edwin Sutherland applied the concept of differential association to the study of deviant behavior.
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| calculus of reasonableness |
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| Which of the following is NOT part of the “Police Use-of-Force Continuum”? |
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The information compiled, analyzed, and/or disseminated in an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor criminal activity is known as ________. |
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| The special responsibility to adhere to moral duty and obligation that is inherent in police work is known as ________. |
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| Which of the following is NOT an element of the federal deadly force policy? |
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| The application of an amount or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject is known as ________. |
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In which of the following cases did the Court establish the standard of “objective reasonableness” under which an officer’s use of deadly force could be assessed in terms of “reasonableness at the moment”? |
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| Intelligence-led policing |
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________ is the collection and analysis of information to produce an intelligence end product designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and strategic levels. |
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Which of the following refers to the phenomenon of force being used unacceptably, often on a department-wide basis? |
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| Which of the following is an example of a biological weapon? |
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| Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases specified the conditions under which deadly force could be used to apprehend a suspected felon? |
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| Which of the following branches of a police organization is tasked with investigating charges of wrongdoing involving members of the department? |
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| The intentional use of a firearm or other instrument resulting in a high probability of death is known as ________. |
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| Which Supreme Court case is NOT directly relevant to police civil liability issues? |
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| The increasing formalization of police work and the accompanying rise in public acceptance of the police is known as ________. |
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| Which among the following examples is the lowest-level of police corruption? |
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________ profiling is known as any police action initiated on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a suspect rather than on the behavior of that individual or on information that identifies the individual as being, or having been, engaged in criminal activity. |
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| an agency’s culture of integrity |
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| The research reported in Enhancing Police Integrity, published by the Department of Justice, found that ________ is(are) important in shaping the ethics of police officers. |
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| Who coined the phrase working personality of police officers? |
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| Officers who have adopted the police working personality are often all of the following, EXCEPT ________. |
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| officers who accept small bribes and minor services from citizens |
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| What is the meaning of the term grass eater as a form of police corruption? |
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reduced sensitivity to racial issues |
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Which of the following is NOT a benefit of educated police officers? |
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were good-natured and well liked by the department |
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| A recent study by the FBI found that most slain officers ________. |
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| the officer is liable for monetary damages |
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| When a police officer arrests someone based on an improperly issued warrant, ________. |
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Which of the following is a civil suit brought against federal government officials for denying the constitutional rights to life, liberty, or property without due process of law? |
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Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) program |
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The official program of a state or legislative jurisdiction that sets standards for the training of law enforcement officers is known as the ________. |
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| Which type of police corruption identified by the Knapp Commission involves the active seeking of illicit money-making opportunities by officers? |
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| Educated officers are less likely to have disciplinary problems. |
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| Which of the following is true of better-educated police officers? |
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| According to the Status of Women in Policing Survey, about what percentage of women fill all sworn law enforcement positions nationwide? |
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| Barker and Carter describe acts of corruption that occur most often to further the organizational goals of law enforcement, as ________. |
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In which of the following cases did the Court establish a two-pronged test for assessing constitutional violations by government agents? |
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In which of the following cases did the court say that “even law enforcement officials who reasonably but mistakenly conclude that probable cause is present are entitled to immunity”? |
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are extremely devoted to their work |
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| A research project on female officers in Massachusetts found that female officers ________. |
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The abuse of police authority for personal or organizational gain is called ________. |
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