Criminal Justice Chapter 4: Becoming a Police Officer Assessment Test With Questions And Answers.
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agencies (personnel or recruiting) by e-mail, social media, telephone, or personal visit.
-departments actively recruit on campuses.
-find out by radio, television, and newspapers.
-Talk with family and friends in law enforcement or talk directly with department officers.
-Find internships i...
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agencies (personnel or recruiting) by e-mail, social media, telephone, or personal visit.
-departments actively recruit on campuses.
-find out by radio, television, and newspapers.
-Talk with family and friends in law enforcement or talk directly with department officers.
-Find internships in a department or agency that you are interested in.
-some law enforcement agencies, like private industry is moving toward online recruiting.
-For state and local positions, it is the IACP: http://careercenter.discoverpolicing.org/jobseeker/search/
-For federal positions it is Office of Personnel Management (OPM): https://www.usajobs.gov/
Standards - correct answer -In recent years, they have changed to allow a
greater number of females and minorities to become police officers.
-Police ________ involve physical, age, and education, as well as background (e.g., criminal record
restriction, alcohol and illegal drug use, credit history, etc.).
The American with Disabilities Act - correct answer __________ requires
departments to make "reasonable accommodations" for physically challenged employees.
Height, weight, vision - correct answer what do the physical requirements
include?
weight and height - correct answer -Under Physical Requirements
---In general, minimum _______ requirements have been struck down by the Supreme Court (Dothard v.
Rawlinson, 1977).
---However, the courts have supported the need for _________ proportion ratio.
---Uncorrected ______ must be correctable to 20/20.
--- correction surgery (e.g., Lasik) is generally an acceptable alternative, but will likely have a waiting
period (3 months to a year) before re-testing.
The American with Disabilities Act - correct answer Signed into law in the
1990, the world's first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities. The act prohibits
discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, public services, public accommodations,
and telecommunications.
Smoking (no-smoking) - correct answer -In an effort to respond to rising
medical costs for personnel and to keep officers healthy and productive for a longer time, many
departments have implemented __________ policies.
---This prohibition applies on or off duty, and it is a condition of employment.
---Some departments are afraid of the civil rights implications of the policies and simply prohibit
________ in police facilities an vehicles
21-29 - correct answer Due to stress and physical demands, law enforcement
agencies required officers be between the ages of _______ at the time of appointment.
35 - correct answer A Manhattan Supreme Court upheld the NYPD policy of
limiting new officer to applicants under the age of _____.
37 - correct answer At the federal level, the age limit for new law enforcement
officers is _____.
-_____ of local departments had some type of college requirement.
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