Deck 13: Community Policing at the Crossroads

Question 1

Community policing is a ____________ shift that challenges long-standing conceptualizations of the police and fundamental assumptions about doing police work.

A)necessary
B)paradigm
C)organizational
D)traditional

Answer 1

paradigm

Question 2

By transforming the values of the police institution, community policing seeks to shift the focus from crime to:

A)forensics
B)cold case files
C)scientific crime fighting
D)social problems

Answer 2

social problems

Question 3

Within police departments, community policing redefines:

A)accountability
B)control
C)power
D)all of the above

Answer 3

all of the above

Question 4

Community policing means departments are to downsize the number of motor patrol officers and redeploy them as:

A)office support staff
B)administrators
C)community outreach specialists
D)detectives

Question 5

Community policing arose, in part, as a response to concerns about:

A)human trafficking
B)the economy to save money
C)rising crime
D)both b and c

Question 6

Which statement is true regarding community policing?

A)It is designed to change a culture of partnership to focusing on crime control and regulating social behavior.
B)It involves reduction of power from government officials and empowering the community.
C)It means retooling the police with regard to social isolation and partnerships.
D)both a and b

Question 7

According to the text, the U.S.federal government is modifying funding of community policing in order to fund the __________.

A)War on Drugs
B)securing of borders
C)War on Terrorism
D)War on Illegal Immigration

Question 8

The police adoption of the imagery of service provision and problem solving constitutes a positioning of police as directors and leaders of the community.

A)community-based accountability
B)Hierarchical
C)high level of trust
D)shift in power

Question 9

Which of the following are either organizational or structural issues involving community policing?

A)change in which resources are allocated
B)reordering of police work to allow problem solving
C)decentralization of power to allow officers more responsibility
D)all of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true about community policing?

A)People are not vital to the police.
B)All people deserve a say in how they are policed.
C)Officers must be educated.
D)People, not the police, have the ultimate power to control crime.

Question 11

Originally, the spirit of community policing was something quite specific, not the catchall phrase it has become in recent years.

Question 12

Community policing implies an increase in the power and control of local political officials and the rich and powerful in a community.

Question 13

Community policing has the potential to hold political leaders accountable for poor decisions and policies that give rise to community problems and conditions.

Question 14

According to the text, the shift from the professional model of policing to the community policing model was less the product of enlightened reformers than the effect of extreme social pressures on an institution that was facing a crisis in legitimacy.

Question 15

Private policing tended to mirror the class distinction found in American society.

Question 16

According to the text, ideally, community policing values the police institution and its law enforcement agenda, and relegates people and their concerns to a secondary consideration.

Question 17

Community policing means departments are to downsize the number of foot patrol officers on random patrol at any given time.This allows the department to get greater mileage out of its line officers on motorized patrol.

Question 18

Community policing requires educating both the public and political leaders on the new nature of police work, especially as it relates to changes in police responses to calls for service.

Question 19

Community policing arose, in part, as a response to concerns about rising crime, the fear of crime and the volatility of police-community relations.

Question 20

The history of modern policing is littered with the examples of promising ideas that were proven successful such as team policing, police community relations, as well as weed and seed.

Question 21

What does community policing offer in terms of "community security"? Explain.

Question 22

Discuss trends that undermine the spirit of community policing.

Question 23

Briefly summarize five of the organizational and structural issues associated with community policing.

Question 24

Describe five values of community policing.