Community policing
. Which of the following is a commonly cited
source of ineffective investigation?
a.
Length of investigation
b.
Poor sources of information
c.
Poor follow-up on initial calls
for service
d.
All of these
22. Community policing is often exemplified by
which of the following models?
a.
Broken windows
b.
Shattered promises
c.
Urban decay
d.
Urban blight
23. Which of the following is not a fundamental
assumption of the broken windows model?
a.
Neighborhood disorder creates
fear.
b.
Neighborhoods can give out
crime-promoting signals.
c.
Police require citizen
cooperation.
d.
Reactive patrol is necessary.
24. Which of the following is not a focus of
community policing?
a.
Order maintenance
b.
Emergency service
c.
Crime fighting
d.
Problem solving
25. Community oriented policing links police
effectiveness to:
a.
productive interaction with the
community being served.
b.
interrelationships between
cooperative police agencies.
c.
efficient utilization of
existing personnel.
d.
optimized usage of advanced
technology.
26. Which of the following police operations
best exemplifies community oriented policing?
a.
A sting operation where
officers pose as fences of stolen property
b.
Creation of a well armed SWAT
team trained in hostage negotiation
c.
Computerized data terminals
installed on the dash of all patrol cars
d.
The hiring of bilingual
officers to patrol ethnic neighborhoods
27. What have evaluations of foot patrol
programs in New Jersey and Michigan
demonstrated?
a.
The crime rate went down in
foot patrol beats.
b.
The crime rate went up in foot
patrol beats.
c.
Officer job satisfaction
increased.
d.
Citizen attitudes toward the
police improved.
28. The concept of hot spots of crime is most
closely associated with which model of policing?
a.
Community-oriented policing
(COP)
b.
Neighborhood oriented policing
(NOP)
c.
Problem-oriented policing (POP)
d.
Police-community relations
(PCR)
29. What is Operation Ceasefire?
a.
A problem-oriented policing
program in Boston to
get guns off the street
b.
A community-oriented policing
program in Chicago
aimed at auto theft
c.
A crime mapping program in Dallas
designed to plot gun crimes
d.
A civilian review board
initiative in New
York
30. What is the name of the police support unit
that is responsible for investigating allegations of police misconduct?
a.
Internal Affairs
b.
Personnel Services
c.
Civilian Review Boards
d.
Field-training Offices
31. Which of the following is not one of the
administrative problems of community policing?
a.
Defining community
b.
Re-orienting police values
c.
Revising training
d.
Reducing police corruption
32. According to
your text, an example of problem oriented policing would be;
a.
POP
b.
B-PAD
c.
CompStat
d.NAS
