Deck 3: Law Enforcement Agencies and Their Organizations

Question 1

Which of the following happened last,chronologically?

A)The White House Police Force is created
B)The Secret Service is expanded to include the visiting heads
C)The Secret Service is expanded to include the vice president
D)The White House Police Force is placed under the Secret Service

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Contingency theory allows overall organizational approaches to be

A)Flexible rather than standardized
B)Contingent upon the task at hand
C)Chosen by rank and file officers
D)Planned well in advance

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following remained in the Justice Department rather than moving to the newly formed Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?

A)The Federal Bureau of Investigation
B)The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
C)The Federal Protection Service
D)The Transportation Security Administration

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which law enforcement employees are empowered to make arrests?

A)Only staff
B)Only officers,corporals,and sergeants
C)Only frontline officers
D)Only line officials

Question 5

Explain the interdependence between police officers and prosecutors.

Question 6

What requirement was introduced in the 1968 Gun Control Act?

A)That the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives be part of the Department of Justice
B)That the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives be part of the Department the Treasury
C)That all manufacturers,importers,and dealers of firearms obtain a Federal Firearms License
D)That all manufacturers,importers,and dealers of firearms meet new labeling standards

Question 7

What was the original purpose of the Secret Service?

A)To stop foreign spies
B)To suppress counterfeit currency
C)To protect the president
D)To guard government buildings

Question 8

Impression management can lead to inaccuracies in portrayals of police work,just as inaccurate media reports can.Give examples of how this might happen.

Question 9

What is a key difference between police organizations and all other organizations?

A)Usually,only police are allowed to carry concealed deadly weapons in public places
B)Usually,only police have legitimate arrest power and authority to use force
C)Usually,only police are authorized to provide security for private citizens
D)Usually,only police can confiscate property from private citizens.

Question 10

What is the chain of command?

A)The limitations that come with having a supervisory role in law enforcement
B)The supervisory channel within a law enforcement organization
C)The number of subordinates supervised by a law enforcement officer
D)The organization of sworn personnel (as opposed to non-sworn personnel)

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT part of the mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?

A)Investigation of people and organizations involved in illegal distribution of controlled substances
B)Investigation of people and organizations involved in illegal growing of controlled substances
C)Investigation of people and organizations involved in illegal manufacture of controlled substances
D)Investigation of people and organizations involved in illegal use of controlled substances

Question 12

What types of factors might result in an unfavorable view of the police by citizens?

Question 13

Which of these is NOT part of the mission of the U.S.Marshals Service (USMS)?

A)Judicial security
B)Fugitive investigation
C)Witness security
D)Tax collection

Question 14

Law enforcement administrators are hired and fired by political authorities.What are the likely effects on how law enforcement administrators conduct themselves?

Question 15

Explain how democracy,by its very nature,leads inevitably to crime.Give examples of how criminals' activities are facilitated by democracy's tenets.

Question 16

Prior to the restructuring,which of the following was TRUE of the U.S.law enforcement at the federal level?

A)There were fewer federal law enforcement agencies
B)There was significant overlap in activities of law enforcement
C)Growth in the number of law enforcement agencies was out of control
D)Agencies were housed in a number of different departments

Question 17

What is the name of the concept of leadership that allows subordinates a role in decision-making and planning?

A)Participatory management
B)Span of control
C)Boundary-less policing
D)Administrative justification

Question 18

Whose research identified the characteristics of an effective bureaucratic organization?

A)Sir Robert Peel
B)O)W.Wilson
C)Max Weber
D)Frederick W.Taylor

Question 19

All of the following are part of the Department of Homeland Security EXCEPT which one?

A)U)S.Coast Guard
B)U)S.Customs and Border Protection
C)U)S.Secret Service
D)U)S.Forest Service

Question 20

Which state's modern police agency has served as a model for a number of other states?

A)Texas
B)Massachusetts
C)Pennsylvania
D)California

Question 21

All FBI agents work out of the main office in the J.Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington,D.C.

Question 22

In the decentralized model of state law enforcement,the duties of criminal investigations and state highway patrol are combined.

Question 23

The U.S.marshals Service (USMS)is the oldest law enforcement agency in the United States.

Question 24

Private police are bound by the same legal requirements as public police are.

Question 25

Most arms of the federal government have some sort of enforcement component.

Question 26

In at least one national emergency,the National Guard has been given arrest authority.

Question 27

The Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives investigates cases of arson.

Question 28

Money laundering is the process criminals or criminal organizations use to disguise illicit proceeds by introducing them into the stream of legitimate commerce and finance.

Question 29

"Staff" is a synonym for "non-sworn personnel" in police organizations.

Question 30

The Secret Service used to be part of the Treasury Department.

Question 31

Local police agencies include municipal police departments,campus police departments,transit police,and sheriff's departments.

Question 32

What can private police do that would be unethical for employees of law enforcement agencies?

A)Sleep while on duty
B)Work proactively to prevent crime
C)Follow a client-driven mandate
D)Use force to stop a crime in progress

Question 33

State agencies employ more law enforcement personnel than do local police departments.

Question 34

Every incorporated municipality in the United States has the authority to create a police force.

Question 35

What is the name for acquiring and using security products and services in areas like crime control,investigation,and risk management by non-sworn personnel?

A)Private security
B)Private policing
C)Private investigation
D)Private detection

Question 36

Like city police chiefs,sheriffs are appointed by local officials.

Question 37

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)works with the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives to ensure that the labels on alcoholic beverages do not contain misleading information.

Question 38

What is one way that private police can temporarily gain the same authority as public police?

A)Through being deputized
B)Through completing training
C)Through special circumstances
D)Through giving up their exemptions

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT a focus of private policing?

A)Focus on loss prevention
B)Focus on detection,apprehension,and punishment
C)Focus on private justice
D)Focus on protection of private property

Question 40

The systems perspective on organizations is rooted in

A)The science of biology
B)The model used in the military
C)Theories of Fredrick W.Taylor
D)The study of mechanical systems

Question 41

The higher up the chain of command a person is,the ________ span of control that person has.

Question 42

The model of state law enforcement that is more similar to a traditional municipal police agency is the ________ policing model.

Question 43

The Office of Investigations,Office of Detention and Removal Operations,Federal Protective Service,and Office of Intelligence are the four main branches of ________ and Customs Enforcement.

Question 44

Because most police organizations follow the military model in some but not all respects,they are said to be ________ military in structure.

Question 45

Decisions based on ________ is one of the five principles of bureaucracy.

Question 46

Individuals become U.S.Marshals by ________ appointment.

Question 47

In many states,ordinary citizens can ________ people for misdemeanors committed in their presence.

Question 48

Groups of qualified officers drawn from all ranks that work together to solve organization problems are called ________ circles.

Question 49

The two missions of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)are facilitating legitimate trade and travel,and fighting ________.

Question 50

Private police and their employers might be less interested in ________ a criminal when there are easier and less costly ways to solve the problem.

Question 51

The U.S.Supreme Court has sanctioned the activities of private police.

Question 52

The ________ of law enforcement agencies in America continually changes due to the creation of new agencies and the merging and elimination of existing agencies.

Question 53

The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the cabinet-level department now called the Department of ________ Security

Question 54

Private police are ________ from the Fourth Amendment,the Miranda rule,and an entrapment restrictions.

Question 55

The AMTRAK Police,the Diplomatic Security Service,and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division are all ________ enforcement agencies.

Question 56

In general,private police don't care about what happens in public places.

Question 57

Public police can receive perks from citizens without harming their ethical position.

Question 58

Private police are focused on private justice rather than public justice.

Question 59

The dramatic restructuring and consolidation of many federal law enforcement agencies in the twenty-first century followed directly from the events of September ________ 2001.

Question 60

Private police have been exempted from the Fourth Amendment,the Miranda rule,and entrapment restrictions.

Question 61

Summarize Weber's five principles of effective bureaucracy.

Question 62

What are the benefits of private security and private policing?

Question 63

What are the possible advantages and disadvantages,for a community,of deciding not to have an active police force,and instead contracting with a private security firm (depending on the local sheriff's department)or contracting with a county sheriff's department?