Deck 12: Community Policing

Question 1

Researchers who traveled to St.Petersburg, Florida, to observe changes occurring in police roles and police-community relations after the implementation of community policing found that the citizens seemed satisfied with community policing.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

With incident-driven policing, officers tend to respond to similar incidents at the same location _________.

A)once
B)as tactical response units
C)with problem-solving tactics
D)numerous times

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Problem-oriented policing involves officers dealing with the ___________.

A)underlying causes of incidents
B)things as they are before them
C)community pressures
D)management priorities

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Surveys indicate that the public does not support community policing and those strategies that are indicative of community policing.

Question 5

The authors of the seminal article "'Broken Windows': Police and Neighborhood Safety" were O.W.Wilson and Wesley K.Skogan.

Question 6

In what decade did increases in crime, technological advances, and changes in police management thinking lead to the reduction of police foot patrols and their resultant ties to the community?

A)1920s
B)1940s
C)1960s
D)1990s

Question 7

The real responsibility for proper police-community relations rests with ____________________.

A)the police chief
B)the city manager
C)every police officer
D)the community relations officer

Question 8

In a resident officer program, a police officer works in the same neighborhood he or she lives in.

Question 9

The 1994 Crime Bill provided that all new police officers hired in the United States would be paid entirely by federal funding.

Question 10

The 41st Precinct in the Bronx earned the nickname "The Alamo."

Question 11

Three corporate strategies for policing discussed at Harvard's Executive Sessions on Policing were strategic policing, community policing, and problem-solving policing.

Question 12

A very early attempt at community policing involving the development of decentralized neighborhood-based precincts that served as "storefront" police stations was tried in what city?

A)Detroit
B)Tampa
C)Miami
D)Hattiesburg

Question 13

The Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) is part of the ____________________.

A)NIJ
B)FBI
C)president's cabinet
D)Chicago Police Department

Question 14

The four elements of the problem-solving strategy are scanning, analysis, planning, and response.

Question 15

Many states and larger cities have created state and local fusion centers to share information and intelligence within their jurisdictions as well as with the federal government.

Question 16

In 2004, researchers Zhao and Thurman reported that COPS hiring and innovative grant programs were related to significant reductions in local crime rates for both violent and nonviolent offenses in cities with populations greater than 10,000.

Question 17

The FBI's success in the fight against terrorism is directly related to the strength of their relationship with state and local partners.

Question 18

The concept of problem-oriented policing can be attributed to Herman Goldstein.

Question 19

According to Herman Goldstein, traditional policing is ___________.

A)incident driven
B)community driven
C)patrol driven
D)service driven

Question 20

The concept of problem-solving policing can be attributed to __________.

A)James Q.Wilson
B)Lee P.Brown
C)George Kelling
D)Herman Goldstein

Question 21

The biggest recent threat to community policing and, consequently, the biggest criticism of community policing initiatives is ____________.

A)the initial startup costs
B)the inability to keep police departments fully staffed and to keep money flowing to these initiatives
C)convincing local governmental leaders to participate in the programs
D)the capital investment for vehicles

Question 22

The Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPIs) are part of the _____ program.

A)TOPS
B)COPS
C)TASP
D)COGS

Question 23

Which of the following is not part of a community policing operation?

A)Kiosks
B)Mini-stations
C)Storefront substations
D)Motorcycle traffic control

Question 24

Texas State University-San Marcos worked with the San Marcos, Texas, Police Department to develop the ____________________ campaign.

A)Achieving Community Together (ACT)
B)Increasing Arrest Rates (IAR)
C)Community Crime Control (CCR)
D)Keeping Campuses Safe (KCF)

Question 25

Analyzing crime issues to determine the underlying problems and addressing those underlying problems is referred to as ___________.

A)zero-tolerance policing
B)problem-solving policing
C)political-based policing
D)targeted policing

Question 26

David L.Carter of Michigan State University explains that community policing ___________.

A)suddenly materialized as a new idea
B)evolved over time from research conducted by a wide range of scholars
C)is not widely accepted
D)is only the responsibility of police chiefs

Question 27

What involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations?

A)Strategic policing
B)Community policing
C)Citizen-based policing
D)Political-based policing

Question 28

Community-oriented policing is an approach toward crime that addresses the underlying causes of crime and endeavors to apply ____________________ problem solving to the issue through improved police-community relationships.

A)rule-of-law
B)long-term
C)zero-tolerance
D)short-term

Question 29

Officers practicing incident-driven policing __________.

A)seek to determine the underlying causes of incidents
B)act proactively by contacting merchants prior to an incident
C)tend to respond to similar incidents at the same location numerous times
D)generally walk a business beat and are not tied to a patrol car

Question 30

In "Broken Windows" and Police Discretion, George L.Kelling notes that the community policing model ____________________ the use of police discretion among officers at all levels of the organization.

A)reduces and limits
B)contracts and discourages
C)expands and encourages
D)Both a and B

Question 31

Who founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing, Michigan?

A)Robert C.Trojanowicz
B)Logan Stout
C)Richard Hill
D)Rick D.Patterson

Question 32

Which of the following was not one of the corporate strategies of policing described by the Executive Sessions on Policing?

A)Team policing
B)Strategic policing
C)Community policing
D)Problem-solving policing

Question 33

What was the role of the New York City Police Department's Community Patrol Officer Program?

A)To serve high-risk warrants
B)To provide community surveillance
C)To rid the neighborhoods of street gangs
D)To identify neighborhood problems and develop short- and long-term strategies for solving them

Question 34

Community-oriented policing strategies have proven successful in ___________.

A)only cities with a population over 50,000
B)only cities with a population over 100,000
C)only cities with a population over 500,000
D)cities of all sizes

Question 35

Which of the following is not one of the most important benefits of community policing, according to the scholar Herman Goldstein?

A)A more realistic acknowledgment of police functions
B)A recognition of the interrelationships among police functions
C)An acknowledgment of the limited capacity of the police to accomplish their jobs on their own and of the importance of an alliance between the police and the public
D)Community control of the police

Question 36

More than ____________________ RCPIs provide regional community policing training and technical assistance to law enforcement around the country.

A)5
B)7
C)9
D)30

Question 37

The problem-oriented policing process necessitates improving various skill sets.One of those skill sets is _________.

A)scanning
B)analysis
C)response
D)communication

Question 38

Many believe that modern community policing began with James Q.Wilson and George L.Kelling's article "'____________________': The Police and Neighborhood Safety."

A)Littered Streets
B)Disordered Communities
C)Broken Windows
D)Dangerous Streets

Question 39

Many large cities, faced with rising crime problems, are eager to hire administrators who are familiar with CompStat and "broken windows" policing, and who served under this successful police chief __________.

A)Jimmy Johnson
B)Daryl Gates
C)William Bratton
D)Rick Patterson

Question 40

In the 1960s, changes in police management led to the abandonment of ____________.

A)bicycle patrol
B)two-man patrol units
C)foot patrol
D)equestrian patrol

Question 41

__________ involves officers thinking, not just responding to yet another call for duty.

Question 42

An untapped resource that can greatly contribute to the mission of keeping the homeland safe and that could prove to be an extremely valuable partner to law enforcement is the __________industry.

Question 43

The Executive Sessions on Policing focused and debated on the use and price of ____________.

A)rolling traffic enforcement
B)adaptable computer databases
C)intelligence-led policing
D)community policing

Question 44

Discuss how the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has influenced and supported community policing.

Question 45

Many believe that the modern state of community policing began with a seminal 1982 article entitled __________.

Question 46

The idea of problem-solving policing can be attributed to __________.

Question 47

What is the philosophy of empowering citizens and developing a partnership between the police and the community to work together to solve problems?

A)Community policing
B)Zero-tolerance policing
C)Political-based policing
D)Neighborhood policing

Question 48

The argument that community preservation, public safety, and order maintenance, not crime fighting, should become the primary focus of police patrol has come to be known as the __________ model approach to policing.

Question 49

When officers reach the assessment process in the SARA model of problem-solving, officers ___________.

A)plan further strategic movements
B)evaluate community policing
C)evaluate the effectiveness of the response
D)evaluate incident-driven policing

Question 50

Explain how the community-policing concept has changed the role of police officers.

Question 51

__________ involves a continued reliance on traditional policing operations.

Question 52

The seminal article in the Atlantic Monthly that many believe was responsible for the modern stage of community policing was written by __________ and __________.

Question 53

Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called __________.

Question 54

Consider the examples of successful community-oriented policing described in the text.What factors made them successful? Are there similarities that could be used successfully in other communities?

Question 55

A __________ is an organization composed of individuals from various federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies in an area through which these individuals facilitate the gathering and sharing of intelligence information and the evaluation of this information.

Question 56

Which of the following is not one of the human behaviors found by Wesley Skogan to be extremely disruptive to the community?

A)Public drinking
B)Youths firing gunshots into the air
C)Commercial sex
D)Street harassment

Question 57

__________ was established to administer the grant money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.

Question 58

Discuss the contributions that James Q.Wilson, George L.Kelling, and Wesley G.Skogan made to the concept of community policing.

Question 59

The plan initiated in 1997 allowing police officers to receive 50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide was called the __________ program.

Question 60

Community policing is more easily facilitated with the __________ available today, which helps police maximize their outreach to the community.

Question 61

Explain why a police department website is considered a community policing strategy.Support your response with examples from the Aurora, Colorado website.

Question 62

Discuss the programs police departments in New Rochelle, New York; Northampton, Massachusetts; and other locations implemented to address specific community problems.Do their accomplishments support community policing? Why or why not?

Question 63

Explain the SARA process and how police officers implement it.

Question 64

Discuss the similarities and differences among the corporate strategies for policing-strategic policing, community policing, and problem-solving policing.

Question 65

How was the police-community relations (PCR) movement different from modern community policing? Why did the PCR movement fail?

Question 66

Discuss how problem-solving policing is more closely related to the historic beat policing than incident-driven policing.

Question 67

Explain why some experts are not enthusiastic about community policing.

Question 68

Are community-policing strategies an effective way to combat terrorism? Why or why not?