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Q:
Michael K. Brown says that the police subculture is based on three major principles: honor, loyalty, and ____________________.
Q:
In a protective sweep, police are looking for __________.
Q:
A(n)____________________ is the culture of a particular group that is smaller than, and essentially different from, the dominant culture in a society.
Q:
The ________ maintains a record of all police officers killed in the line of duty.
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In __________ v. California the court ruled that forcibly pumping a suspect's stomach by the police was conduct that shocks the conscious, whereas, in __________ v. California the Court held that the practice of drawing blood from a person arrested for drunk driving by a physician in a hospital environment according to accepted medical practices, was constitutionally permissible.
Q:
Studies indicate that police officers are _____ more likely to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen.
a. 25%
b. 55%
c. 75%
d. 300%
Q:
Suicide by cop incidents accounted for _____ of municipal police shootings.
a. less than 1%
b. 11%
c. 39%
d. 59%
Q:
Michael K. Brown says that the police subculture is based on three major principles: honor, loyalty, and ____________________.
Q:
Prior to __________ v. California, the police were allowed a much broader scope in searches incident to arrest.
Q:
According to research, compared to other professions the police exhibit higher rates of:
a. divorce
b. suicide
c. stress
d. all of the above
Q:
A(n) __________ is a court order demanding someone to appear in court to respond to charges.
Q:
A(n)____________________ is the culture of a particular group that is smaller than, and essentially different from, the dominant culture in a society.
Q:
Studies indicate that police officers are _____ more likely to suffer from alcoholism than the average citizen.
a. 25%
b. 55%
c. 75%
d. 300%
Q:
The attitude that there is no hope for the world and a view of humanity at its worst is called:
a. police social control
b. police prejudice
c. police attitude
d. police cynicism
Q:
A(n) __________ is the routine practice of police departments of securing and recording the contents of a lawfully impounded vehicle. This is done to protect the vehicle owner's property while it remains in custody, and to protect the police from potential danger and from claims or disputes over lost or stolen property.
Q:
The courts have ruled that a(n) __________ may occur without any physical touching if the officer makes a show of authority and the person to be detained submits to this authority.
Q:
Suicide by cop incidents accounted for _____ of municipal police shootings.
a. less than 1%
b. 11%
c. 39%
d. 59%
Q:
According to research, compared to other professions the police exhibit higher rates of:
a. divorce
b. suicide
c. stress
d. all of the above
Q:
An officer has made an investigative stop based on reasonable suspicion. The officer has put the suspect in handcuffs in the back seat of the patrol car, but has not resolved her original suspicions. This would be considered a seizure __________.
Q:
A situation in which police officers trust only other police officers and do not aid in the investigation of wrongdoing by other officers is called the:
a. red curtain
b. blue curtain
c. blue shield
d. red shield
Q:
According to Ellen Scrivner, which of the following is not a job-related issue that contributes to family dysfunction in police families?
a. family disruption due to rotating shifts
b. unpredictable work environment
c. the constant exposure of police officers to members of the opposite gender
d. community expectations and demands
Q:
The attitude that there is no hope for the world and a view of humanity at its worst is called:
a. police social control
b. police prejudice
c. police attitude
d. police cynicism
Q:
In general, if a police officer makes a warrantless arrest for a felony based on probable cause and it turns out that the arrestee did not commit the suspected offense, the officer is not civilly liable, provided no negligence was involved in making the arrest.
a. True
b. False
Q:
A situation in which police officers trust only other police officers and do not aid in the investigation of wrongdoing by other officers is called the:
a. red curtain
b. blue curtain
c. blue shield
d. red shield
Q:
In the majority of states, arrest warrants are required for misdemeanors that do not occur in the officer's presence.
a. True
b. False
Q:
According to Ellen Scrivner, which of the following is not a job-related issue that contributes to family dysfunction in police families?
a. family disruption due to rotating shifts
b. unpredictable work environment
c. the constant exposure of police officers to members of the opposite gender
d. community expectations and demands
Q:
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, what was required of all NYPD officers?
a. racial profiling classes
b. mental health counseling
c. terrorist identification classes
d. weekly safety briefings
Q:
The issuance of a traffic citation alone is not a lawful custodial arrest sufficient to justify a search incident to arrest.
a. True
b. False
Q:
For an item to be validly seized during a search incident to arrest, the police must have probable cause to seize the item, but they do not need to immediately recognize the item's evidentiary value.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Which of the following is not one of the factors leading to stress in police work?
a. poor training
b. role conflict
c. exposure to brutality
d. early retirement
Q:
The stress produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life, such as dealing with derelicts, criminals, and the mentally disturbed, and the need to engage in dangerous activity to protect a public that appears to be unappreciative of the police, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, what was required of all NYPD officers?
a. racial profiling classes
b. mental health counseling
c. terrorist identification classes
d. weekly safety briefings
Q:
For minor crimes unlikely to involve the use of weapons or destructible evidence, officers are permitted to conduct a full search of the person incident to the arrest.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The stress produced by the interpersonal characteristics of belonging to the police organization, such as difficulties in getting along with other officers, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
Which of the following is not one of the factors leading to stress in police work?
a. poor training
b. role conflict
c. exposure to brutality
d. early retirement
Q:
The stress produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life, such as dealing with derelicts, criminals, and the mentally disturbed, and the need to engage in dangerous activity to protect a public that appears to be unappreciative of the police, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
The U.S. Supreme Court case Arizona v. Gant (2009) overruled a long-standing legal principle that was established earlier in New York v. Belton (1981).
a. True
b. False
Q:
The stress produced by elements inherent in the quasi-military character of the police service, such as adjusting to changing tours of duty, odd working hours, and working holidays, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
The stress produced by the interpersonal characteristics of belonging to the police organization, such as difficulties in getting along with other officers, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
Officers may not deliberately move an arrested person near an object or place they want to search in order to activate the incident-to-arrest exception.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Stress produced by real threats and dangers, such as responding to gun runs and other dangerous assignments, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
Which of the following is not one of the four general categories of police stress discovered by researchers?
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. command stress
Q:
The stress produced by elements inherent in the quasi-military character of the police service, such as adjusting to changing tours of duty, odd working hours, and working holidays, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
In general, the search of an arrestee's vehicle located a substantial distance from the doorstep of his home where he was arrested could not be justified as a search incident to arrest.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Stress produced by real threats and dangers, such as responding to gun runs and other dangerous assignments, is classified as:
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. operational stress
Q:
During a search incident to arrest, officers may not search for weapons unless they can point to specific facts and circumstances indicating the likelihood that the person was armed and dangerous.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Which type of stress is produced by the interpersonal characteristics of belonging to the police organization, such as difficulties in getting along with other officers?
a. personal
b. operational
c. organizational
d. mental
Q:
The human body's reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the:
a. flight-or-fight response
b. stressed-out syndrome
c. adrenaline response
d. fight-or-freeze syndrome
Q:
The police may, in some situations, delay a search incident to arrest.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The Dirty Harry problem refers to:
a. the corruption problem in law enforcement
b. the brutality problem in law enforcement
c. the moral dilemma officers face when they can use evil means to achieve good ends
d. the stress problem in policing
Q:
Which of the following is not one of the four general categories of police stress discovered by researchers?
a. external stress
b. organizational stress
c. personal stress
d. command stress
Q:
Which type of stress is produced by the interpersonal characteristics of belonging to the police organization, such as difficulties in getting along with other officers?
a. personal
b. operational
c. organizational
d. mental
Q:
Which of the following is a true statement about searches of a companion of an arrested person?
a. All courts allow an immediate frisk for weapons of the arrestee's companions without any further justification.
b. Some courts follow the automatic companion rule, whereas other states require reasonable suspicion that the companion is armed and dangerous.
c. Some courts follow the automatic companion rule, whereas other states require probable cause that the companion is armed and dangerous.
d. States that require a level of suspicion justifying a search of a companion have established a precise test for establishing suspicion.
Q:
The majority of recent studies have found that the police "working personality" comes from:
a. the officer's teenage years
b. the socialization process in the police academy, field training, and patrol experience
c. the officer's early experiences as a child
d. the officer's adulthood
Q:
The human body's reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the:
a. flight-or-fight response
b. stressed-out syndrome
c. adrenaline response
d. fight-or-freeze syndrome
Q:
If officers make an arrest within a premises, they may make a protective sweep of other rooms within the premises to search for an accomplice under what circumstance(s)?
a. without further justification.
b. with articulable facts on which to base reasonable suspicion that others may be present.
c. with probable cause that others may be present.
d. never.
Q:
The Dirty Harry problem refers to:
a. the corruption problem in law enforcement
b. the brutality problem in law enforcement
c. the moral dilemma officers face when they can use evil means to achieve good ends
d. the stress problem in policing
Q:
An officer arrests the driver of a vehicle, handcuffs the driver, and places him/her in the backseat of the police car. The arrest is for a crime in which no evidence of the alleged offense could be located in the driver's vehicle. Select the appropriate option for the officer.
a. the officer may apply Belton and search the entire car.
b. the officer may apply Belton and Carroll and search the entire car.
c. the officer may apply Belton and search the passenger compartment of the car.
d. the officer may not search the car; the Gant decision prevents the search of the car.
Q:
Which type of stress is produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life?
a. personal
b. organizational
c. operational
d. physical
Q:
According to your text, which is not an issue related to stress:
a. stroke
b. ulcers
c. impotence
d. AIDS
Q:
The majority of recent studies have found that the police "working personality" comes from:
a. the officer's teenage years
b. the socialization process in the police academy, field training, and patrol experience
c. the officer's early experiences as a child
d. the officer's adulthood
Q:
A police officer has arrested a woman in her car for driving while intoxicated. What may the officer search incident to the arrest:
a. the officer may search the passenger compartment of the car and any open or closed containers therein, as well as the arrestee.
b. the officer may search the passenger compartment of the car and any open containers therein but not the closed containers.
c. the officer may search the passenger compartment of the car but none of the containers without a warrant.
d. the officer may not search in the car.
Q:
A police officer has informed a man seated at a desk in his home that he is under arrest. The desk top is cluttered and the desk has many drawers within easy reach of the arrestee. One drawer is locked. As incident to the arrest, what may the officer search besides the man?
a. not the desk.
b. the top of the desk in plain sight but not the drawers of the desk.
c. the desk top and the unlocked drawers of the desk.
d. the desk top and all the drawers of the desk.
Q:
Which is not indicative of the police personality?
a. hostility
b. insecurity
c. cynicism
d. social conscience
Q:
Which is not a trait of the police personality?
a. authoritarianism
b. suspicion
c. racism
d. liberalism
Q:
Which type of stress is produced by the daily need to confront the tragedies of urban life?
a. personal
b. organizational
c. operational
d. physical
Q:
A police officer has arrested a man for unlawful possession of narcotics. The arrestee is carrying a suitcase. The officer removes the suitcase from the arrestee's possession and transports the arrestee and the suitcase to the police station. An hour later, after booking the arrestee, how should the officer treat the suitcase?
a. the officer may search the suitcase only with a warrant.
b. the officer may search the suitcase without a warrant as incident to the arrest.
c. the officer may search the suitcase without a warrant only if there is additional justification that it contains narcotics.
d. the officer may never search the suitcase.
Q:
According to your text, which is not an issue related to stress:
a. stroke
b. ulcers
c. impotence
d. AIDS
Q:
The refusal of some police officers to report fellow officers' misconduct is called:
a. the uniform code of silence
b. the blue wall of silence
c. the police omerta
d. blue loyalty
Q:
Which is not indicative of the police personality?
a. hostility
b. insecurity
c. cynicism
d. social conscience
Q:
Which of the following is not indicative of the police culture?
a. trust
b. clannishness
c. honor
d. individuality
Q:
A police officer has arrested a man for assault. The arrestee is carrying a backpack. During an immediate search of the person incident to the arrest, how should the officer treat the backpack?
a. the officer may search the backpack only with a warrant.
b. the officer may search the backpack without a warrant but only if the officer has additional justification that the backpack contains a weapon.
c. The officer may search the backpack without a warrant or additional justification.
d. The officer may not search the backpack.
Q:
The Gant v. Arizona (2009) case limited police ability to search a vehicle incident to arrest to under which of the following situations?
a. involving an arrest for a violent crime.
b. where the arrestee/occupant is unsecured and within reaching distance of the passenger compartment or there is reason to believe the vehicle is not owned by the arrestee/occupant.
c. where there could be evidence of the crime in the vehicle or there is reason to believe the vehicle may be moved if not searched immediately.
d. where the arrestee/occupant is unsecured and within reaching distance of the passenger compartment or there could be evidence in the vehicle of the crime for which the person was arrested.
Q:
Which is not a trait of the police personality?
a. authoritarianism
b. suspicion
c. racism
d. liberalism
Q:
Based on Chimel v. California, what is the key question in deciding whether or not a warrant is required to open a container seized incident to arrest of a person?
a. Is the container closely associated with the arrestee's person?
b. Is the container still in the arrestee's immediate control?
c. Is the container owned by the arrestee?
d. Is the container both closely associated with the arrestee's person and still in the arrestee's immediate control?
Q:
The refusal of some police officers to report fellow officers' misconduct is called:
a. the uniform code of silence
b. the blue wall of silence
c. the police omerta
d. blue loyalty
Q:
A police officer has made a custodial arrest of a person for a traffic offense. At this point, what may an officer search?
a. arrestee only for evidence of the offense.
b. arrestee only for weapons and evidence of the offense.
c. arrestee's clothing but nothing the arrestee is carrying.
d. arrestee's clothing, wallet and anything in the arrestee's pockets.
Q:
Which of the following is not indicative of the police culture?
a. trust
b. clannishness
c. honor
d. individuality
Q:
Some experts say that stress alone probably does not cause illness, but it contributes to circumstances in which diseases may take hold and flourish.
Q:
A police officer informs a citizen that the officer has enough evidence to arrest. The officer asks the suspect to "turn around so I can handcuff you " you are under arrest." At this point, the suspect runs from the officer. Select the statement that most accurately describes the scenario at the point that the suspect fled.
a. the suspect was formally under arrest.
b. the suspect had been detained in a way that was tantamount to an arrest.
c. the suspect was not formally under arrest.
d. the suspect could be charged with the crime of assaulting an officer.