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Police in Society Exam Questions and100% Correct Solutions
Give an example of policy adoption for organizational change (long answer) - ✔Domestic
violence and pursuits- reducing officer discretion, mandating arrests for domestic assault
when there was probable cause.
List 1 recommendation to police leaders, when overcoming resistance to change (long answer) -
✔Give people a voice in how changes will be implemented.
List 1 requirement to successful innovation (long answer) - ✔Effective and energetic
leadership from the office of the chief.
% of departments that use a physical agility test to eliminate applicants - ✔89%- majority
Screening out vs Screening in. Which is used by the majority of departments? - ✔Screening
out- identifies applicants who're unqualified, removes then. Recruits who're mediocre may be
selected- this is used by the majority of departments.
Screening in- identifies only the best qualified candidates.
% of departments that require a college degree for applicants - ✔1%; NOT majority.
, % of departments that use a polygraph exam - ✔Doesn't say- but not the majority.
Some jurisdictions have made such testing illegal.
Stressful training vs non stressful training? What does the research say about each? -
✔Stressful training is like a military boot camp or basic training
Non stressful training has a more academic environment.
Research found that more than half of agencies described their training environment as
the stress model- county police the most.
More recruits completed training in non stress oriented environment than stress environments.
No evidence exists to support stress training is a valid way to achieve results or it is any more
or less effective than the non stressful approach.
Training vs education - ✔-Training-how
-Education- why
% of departments that include field training as part of their recruit training process -
✔approximately one-third (33%)
Validity vs. Reliability - ✔validity- measure of adequacy
reliability - measure of consistency
Purpose of in-service training and examples - ✔The primary purpose is the regular updating
of all members of the department in a wide variety of subjects. it usually involves subject
matter that all personnel must know to function well. For example, officers must be aware of
changing laws and ordinances, newly developed techniques, operating polices and procedures
and department changes and expectations.
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