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Police & Community Relations Chap 3 +4 Exam Questions and Answers
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Police & Community Relations Chap 3+4 Exam Questions and Answers
Of all the issues that affect the police in the U.S., none is more important than - Answer
-the manner in which the police and the public interact
The police and the community are - Answer -in fact inseparable from one another
The police organization - Answer -is comprised of a number of internal communities
Police-community relations are - Answer -complicated and constantly changing
What is the importance of feedback from community groups to the police? - Answer -
feedback leads to improvement and goal attainment
What is noted about acceptance of the concept of police-community relations? - Answer
-it has gained a secure level of acceptance in the law enforcement establishment
What did Moore state about police departments in regard to community policing or
problem oriented policing? - Answer -no police department today can be accurately
characterized as community policing or problem-oriented policing
Tight finances - Answer -often lock in community relations programs into quick and safe
ways of demonstrating success
Regarding a historical perspective, the concept of police community relations is -
Answer -not new
How did Sir Robert Peel view police community relations programs? - Answer -he
emphasized that the police should be in cooperation with the people
According to Melville Lee, police officers - Answer -are public servants in the fullest
sense of the term
According to Melville Lee, the principal object of the police is to - Answer -prevent crime
According to Berkley, during their first century of existence in the U.S., the police were -
Answer -often corrupt
, In the mid-1950s, what city's police department established a public relations division
that became known as one of the best functioning of its kind in the country? - Answer -
St. Louis, Missouri
In what decade did the Federal Law Enforcement Administration come about? - Answer
-1960s
What motivated Los Angeles and other cities during the 1960s to begin police-
community relations? - Answer -riots
Currently, one of the major issues facing U.S. policing is claims that police officers and
police departments are engaged in - Answer -racial profiling
During the 1980s, what resulted in a transition of focus from enhancing relations with
minority communities to providing reassurances to the general public that crime was not
running rampart? - Answer -the increasing fear of crime
What provoked the Los Angeles riot in 1992? - Answer -the acquittal of police officers
charged with beating an African-American motorist
Police academy training often continues to focus on - Answer -"crime fighting" behavior
In the last few years, American law enforcement has accepted the notion that
community relations are an important part of police work. - Answer -True
Philosophically, not every officer agrees with the notion of community relations. -
Answer -True
Readers may find it difficult to accept the assertion that police and community are
inseparable. - Answer -True
Today's police organizations are isolated monoliths impervious to the communities they
serve. - Answer -False
Police organizations in truth are not very responsive to a changing community
environment. - Answer -False
Police-community relations are complicated and constantly changing interactions
between representatives of the police organization and an assortment of governmental
organizations. - Answer -True
Successful police-community relations must take into account exchange relationships
among community groups. - Answer -True
Secrecy and institutional separation have totally disappeared from police agencies. -
Answer -False
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