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Police Process Test 1Which of the following police personnel positions was identified by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administrative Justice as most likely to be a good police-community relations representative?
a.) special agent
b.) community service officer
c.) police officer
d.) 911 operator - correct answer ✔✔community service officer
What is the name of the process where sworn officers are replaced with individuals who are NOT sworn officers in noncritical or nonenforcement tasks?
a.) civilianization
b.) bureaucratization
c.) civil service system
d.) lateral transfer - correct answer ✔✔civilianization
Who is the first superior in the chain of command?
a.) lieutenant
b.) chief
c.) sergeant
d.) captain - correct answer ✔✔sergeant
What is the name of the group of police officers a sergeant is responsible for?
a.) squad b.) district
c.) precinct
d.) platoon - correct answer ✔✔squad
What is the smallest geographic area an officer can patrol?
a.) district
b.) beat
c.) zone
d.) precinct - correct answer ✔✔beat
Unity of command means:
a.) each employee ultimately answers to the chief or sheriff
b.) leadership is shared amongst top-level admin c.) employee buy-in is paramount to ensuring cohesion
d.) each employee is accountable to only one supervisor - correct answer ✔✔each employee is only accountable to one supervisor
The basic paradox of police hierarchy is that:
a.) the chain of command, in practice, is paralyzingly slow
b.) discretionary authority tends to be greater at the bottom
c.) the chain if command is one-directional
d.) discretionary authority tends to be greater at the top - correct answer ✔✔discretionary authority tends to be greater at the bottom
In police departments, the tasks of the organization are divided according to ____________.
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