Deck 11: Issues Concerning Police Conduct

Question 1

Which of the following reflects police perspective on pursuits?

A) Pursuits are dangerous.
B) Pursuits must be controlled.
C) Involvement in a pursuit increases the participants' adrenaline and excitement.
D) Pursuits are dangerous and must be controlled, and involvement in a pursuit increases the participants' adrenaline and excitement.
E) none of the other choices

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Many state statutes authorize use of deadly force to prevent commission of a felony.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Most police pursuit policies are faulty in that they fail to consider the offense,traffic conditions,or weather conditions.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

High-speed police pursuits are both effective and dangerous.

Question 5

Under state statutes,police officers cannot be sued for wrongful death.

Question 6

On the use-of-force continuum,officers confronting persons who are acting at resistant level I are justified in using ___________.

A) ordinary force such as joint restraints
B) ordinary force such as electrical devices
C) extraordinary force such as weaponless techniques with debilitating potential
D) extraordinary force such as service or supplemental firearms
E) any of the other choices

Question 7

Racial profiling has its roots in the Civil War era because___________.

A) police were expected to enforce slavery laws
B) it was common practice to arrest Blacks
C) none of the other choices
D) police were expected to enforce slavery laws and it was common practice to arrest Blacks

Question 8

The consequence of ___________is that police are free to engage in dragnet-like searches of buses and trains,in settings where it is extremely difficult for any citizen to refuse to cooperate.

A) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
B) Irwin v. Town of Ware
C) Franks v. Delaware
D) Florida v. Bostick
E) Wisconsin Coachway v. Jones

Question 9

On the use-of-force continuum,verbal persuasion is considered "no force" and is used with a cooperative person.

Question 10

Which case set the standard for liability in police pursuits?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 11

Which of the following is considered a low-discretion situation?

A) pulling over a driver who fails to signal a lane change
B) executing an arrest warrant
C) stopping a motorist who's speeding to get to the hospital
D) pulling over a driver who fails to signal a lane change, executing an arrest warrant and stopping a motorist who's speeding to get to the hospital
E) none of the other choices

Question 12

Justification for use of deadly force must consider the legal right and the need to apprehend the suspect compared with the arresting officer's safety and the value of human life.

Question 13

In which case was the affirmative constitutional duty placed on prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence to a defendant?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 14

Research shows that female officers are less likely to use excessive or deadly force.

Question 15

The case which effectively removed the absolute sovereign immunity from civil liability previously enjoyed by governmental entities and their employees was ___________.

A) Tennessee v. Garner
B) Graham v. Connor
C) Monell v. Department of Social Services of the City of New York
D) Florida v. Bostick
E) Franks v. Delaware

Question 16

Falsifying patrol logs to make the numbers come out right in response to alleged racial profiling practices is called ___________.

A) disparity
B) ghosting
C) balancing
D) corruption
E) rigging

Question 17

The IACP defines force as "the amount of effort required by police to compel compliance from an unwilling subject."

Question 18

In which case did the Court hold that police may use potentially deadly force to end a high-speed chase of a subject whose actions put the public at risk?

A) Robinette v. Barnes
B) County of Sacramento v. Lewis
C) Mendoza v. Block
D) Scott v. Harris
E) Brady v. Maryland

Question 19

Having integrity is as simple as playing by the rules.

Question 20

Police discretion is seldom a part of issues involving discrimination,racial profiling,use of force,or pursuit.

Question 21

Which of the following factors have been shown to contribute to an officer's conditioned hesitation?

A) training
B) physical fitness
C) the officer's mind-set
D) fear
E) all of the other choices

Question 22

On the continuum of compromise-the path from honest cop to corrupt cop-the final "stop" is ___________.

A) criminal acts of commission
B) administrative acts of commission
C) acts of omission
D) a perceived sense of victimization
E) the dilemma of loyalty versus integrity

Question 23

One of the most important discretionary options police officers have is ___________.

A) whether to accept a gratuity
B) to chase or not to chase
C) whether to arrest someone
D) when to administer Miranda warnings
E) when to call in K-9 dogs

Question 24

The IACP defines __________ as "the application of an amount and/or frequency of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a willing or unwilling subject."

Question 25

The legal obligation incurred for an injury suffered as the result of the failure to conduct a specific task within a given standard.

A) litigaphobia
B) liability
C) less-lethal force
D) corruption
E) balancing

Question 26

A common less-lethal force alternative is ___________.

A) specialty impact munitions such as beanbag rounds
B) pepper spray
C) the TASER
D) specialty impact munitions such as beanbag rounds, pepper spray and the TASER
E) none of the other choices

Question 27

Discrimination based on a person's race is called ___________.

A) discrimination
B) disparity
C) racial profiling
D) ghosting
E) balancing

Question 28

__________refers to the shared level of trust among residents in a neighborhood,including their expectations of social control and their capacity to wield some degree of control over what happens in their own community.

Question 29

When officers fail to treat equals equally because of race,religion,sex,or age biases,__________occurs.

Question 30

The wishes of _____________ are often the single most important influence on police selective enforcement practice.

A) suspects
B) informants
C) judges
D) other officers
E) complainants

Question 31

Police departments attempt to avoid charges of racial profiling by ___________.

A) focusing on a person's behavior
B) focusing on intelligence gathered
C) data collection
D) effective data analysis
E) all of the other choices

Question 32

One type of stun gun is the TASER,which is an acronym for __________.

Question 33

Factors included in most police pursuit policies include which of the following?

A) the offense
B) weather conditions
C) traffic conditions
D) the offense and weather and traffic conditions
E) none of the other choices

Question 34

The landmark case of Brady v.Maryland places on a prosecutor an affirmative constitutional duty to disclose __________evidence,or that favorable to the accused defendant.

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of less-lethal force?

A) shooting an unarmed suspect
B) firing at a moving vehicle
C) pepper spray
D) conditioned hesitation
E) all of the other choices

Question 36

The controversy concerning use-of-force continuums involves which of the following?

A) whether they have outlived their usefulness
B) whether they should be included in use-of-force policies
C) whether they increase liability
D) whether they have outlived their usefulness, whether they should be included in use-of-force policies and whether they increase liability
E) none of the other choices

Question 37

Showing difference in treating individuals or groups or failing to treat equals equally is called ___________.

A) discrimination
B) disparity
C) profiling
D) ghosting
E) balancing

Question 38

The application of force greater than that required to compel compliance from a subject.___________.

A) physical force
B) excessive force
C) deadly force
D) lethal force
E) restraint

Question 39

__________ as it applies to police service-is a series of concepts and beliefs that,combined,provide structure to an agency's operation and officers' professional and personal ethics.

Question 40

Challenges to law enforcement when dealing with immigrants are all except___________.

A) reluctance to report crime
B) language barrier
C) misunderstandings caused by cultural differences
D) officers' unwillingness to help immigrants

Question 41

__________involves moral behavior and doing what is considered right and just.

Question 42

__________is "a violation of integrity through the abuse of one's role or position or the influencing of a person in authority either for personal benefit or the benefit of another."

Question 43

Outline and discuss the effectiveness or safety level of high-speed police pursuits.

Question 44

Discuss the ways an agency and its officers can reduce the risk of civil liability.

Question 45

Outline and discuss the issues surrounding use of pursuit continuums.

Question 46

Illustrate the use-of-force continuum,showing the range of a citizen's actions,an officer's response,and the types of force used along the continuum.

Question 47

Outline and discuss the issues surrounding use-of-force continuums.

Question 48

List and discuss the core virtues you believe are required for one to truly possess integrity and how these virtues serve a police officer.

Question 49

The fear of gays and lesbians is known as __________.

Question 50

__________occurs when officers unfairly stop unoffending motorists in an effort to manipulate their data for statistical purposes.