Field Operations: Foundations

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. Crime prevention and deterrence, apprehension of offenders, creation of a sense of community security and satisfaction, provision of non-crime related services, and traffic control are the __________.

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. _____ involve taking reports and providing information and assistance to the public.

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. Which of the following is true of the foot-patrol beat?

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. What should the police incorporate in their battle against terrorist acts?

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. Which of the following is true of directed patrol?

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. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about foot patrol?

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. Intensive, short-term increases in officer presence and arrests for specific types of offenses or for all offenses in specific areas defines what term?

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. In addition to the development of the UCR, ___ changed the nature of the patrol officer.

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. In addition to the development of the UCR, ___ changed the nature of the patrol officer.

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. Which of the following is a way to deal with the different status of detectives and patrol officers?

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. An officer who performs a variety of different activities is __________.

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. Which of the following has traditionally been regarded as the most important patrol function?

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. According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics national survey, which of the following statements is true regarding police pursuits?

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. Which database holds hundreds of thousands of scanned fingerprints?

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. What is the most frequently used method for resource determination?

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. Order maintenance may or may not involve a violation of the law.

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. Target oriented policing is the concept used by officers to assess likely targets in their districts.

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. All patrol officers are generalists and specialists.

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. The intuitive approach for resource allocation involves comparing one or more cities, using a ratio of police officers per 10,000 population unit.

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. As a general rule, the greater the number of problems or calls for service, the smaller the size of the beat and thus the more concentrated the resources.

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. Traffic control accounts for the most contacts with the public.

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. Police officers are specialists who respond to crimes serious enough to warrant an investigation.

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. A case is considered solved once the detective provides evidence to support a conviction in court.

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. One-person assignment generally appears to be the most appropriate for the vast majority of investigative work.

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. Traffic control may be fall under law enforcement, order maintenance, or social services.

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. Crime suppression had traditionally been regarded as the most important patrol function.

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. Even while massive increases in arrests may reduce violence in the short run, they may also increase crime in the long run.

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. Crime Gun Intelligence Centers are free-standing and do not collaborate with any other agencies.

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. Findings from several studies indicate that specific deterrence strategies appear to be more effective than general deterrence strategies.

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. Event analysis suggests that the police should be aware of important celebrations, ideologies, and anniversaries of known activists, terrorists, or groups and attempt to determine whether these events may be connected to a possible terrorist act.

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