QUESTION 1 Nearly all police departments require a college education as a basic minimum requirement for employment. True False 0.

QUESTION 1

1. Nearly all police departments require a college education as a basic minimum requirement for employment.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 2

1. The background investigation is a very important part of the hiring process.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 3

1. Most police departments will hire an applicant who has a felony conviction.  About 80% of departments use psychological testing as a part of the hiring process.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 4

1. Mass hiring has often led to later problems because background investigations are not typically completed.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 5

1. There is a universal consensus that policing is a craft where the necessary skills are acquired through on-the-job training (like plumbers and electricians).
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 6

1. Police officers during the last 50 years of the 19th Century were very well trained.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 7

1. There are acknowledged shortcomings to current academy training.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 8

1. The San Jose Police Department developed the first Field Training Officer Program.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 9

1. Police have always handled domestic violence calls formally, relying on arrest in most cases.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 10

1. The Kansas City Preventative Patrol Experiment demonstrated the effectiveness of routine preventative patrol in deterring crime.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 11

1. Many of Sir Robert Peel's Principles still serve as a foundation in policing as we know it today.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 12

1. In the mid-1800s American cities adopted only parts of the British model of policing.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 13

1. The Kerner Commission linked police-community strife to the riots that occurred during the 1960s.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 14

1. Early American police departments were heavily influenced by politics.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 15

1. Problem-Oriented policing seeks to address the underlying condition that causes issues and problems
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 16

1. Broken windows theory is the theoretical foundation for Community-Oriented Policing
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 17

1. Problem solving is a key component of problem-oriented policing, but not of community-oriented policing.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 18

1. The main weakness of CompStat is that it does not include an assessment component.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 19

1. Zero tolerance policing calls for a focus on disorder and minor crime.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 20

1. Although there are more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S., the majority are organized in much the same way.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 21

1. Police spend the vast majority of their time fighting crime.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 22

1. Research shows that response time is critically important to solving most crimes.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 23

1. Despite the widespread adoption of community-oriented policing, there is evidence of a growing militarization of the police.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 24

1. Reasonable suspicion is the standard of proof required for most formal police action, including arrest.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 25

1. Police are never allowed to use deception during interrogations.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 26

1. Many variables at different levels--environmental, organizational, and situational--have been shown to influence police discretion.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 27

1. Research has shown that DARE is very effective in curtailing drug and alcohol use by children.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 28

1. Identity theft is a relatively rare crime that has actually decreased in occurrence in recent years.
2.  True
3.  False

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QUESTION 29

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