Deck 14: Limitations on the Police Role

Question 1

The nature of managing the Ford Motor Company in 2001 compared to 1901 is best captured by the phrase

A) "everything changes for the better."
B) "change is not always for the better."
C) "fundamentally the same."
D) "fundamentally different, but still challenging."

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The relationship between maintaining emergency availability and quality handling of calls-for-service is best described by the term

A) spurious.
B) ineffectual.
C) strained.
D) symbiotic.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Resolving oneself to the fact that emergency standby is necessary in policing is

A) inappropriate.
B) appropriate only in cases of anticipated national disaster.
C) common.
D) necessary to understanding deployment limitations.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

As a general principle,the deployment of patrol resources is best done by considering

A) call-for-service demand.
B) crime concentration.
C) patrol's multiple purposes.
D) the need to maintain emergency standby.

Question 5

The need to deploy geographically dispersed patrol units to be on emergency standby

A) is a leftover from the days before two-way radios.
B) imposes significant limitations on the police role.
C) creates opportunities not available to public safety colleagues in firefighting.
D) makes it impossible for regular patrol units to participate in crime control.

Question 6

Mental health professionals sometimes believe that the police are callous regarding persons with mental illness because officers

A) frequently psychologically abuse the victim.
B) sometimes use excessive force to subdue the victim.
C) use inappropriate language to describe the victim.
D) appear concerned only about "getting rid of" the victim.

Question 7

Appropriate policy relevant to structured use of emergency standby time should

A) be premised upon fire department practice.
B) incorporate SARA-style problem-solving projects for patrol officers.
C) be premised upon reengineering patrol services.
D) involve officers in proactive crime targeting endeavors.

Question 8

Appropriate policy relevant to structured use of emergency standby time should

A) be abandoned.
B) include providing officers with crime analysis information.
C) include reallocating it to problem solving.
D) include reallocating it to citizen engagement.

Question 9

The nature of patrol today,compared to its character in previous decades,is best captured by the phrase

A) "everything changes for the better."
B) "change is not always for the better."
C) "fundamentally the same."
D) "fundamentally different, but still challenging."

Question 10

The amount of time spent to provide extended assistance for persons with mental illness is most strongly affected by

A) inappropriate attitudes.
B) the need for officers to get back in-service.
C) preconceived ideas about what constitutes mental illness.
D) lack of training.

Question 11

The primary factor governing patrol deployment is

A) call-for-service response.
B) proactive patrol.
C) 911 emergency availability.
D) citizen engagement.

Question 12

The term that describes the human factor that needs to be considered relevant to structured use of emergency standby time is that uncommitted time is also

A) recovery time.
B) professional development time.
C) contemplative time.
D) communication time.

Question 13

A lesson to be learned from public attitudes about the deployment of firefighters is which of the following?

A) the importance of geographic dispersal
B) public tolerance of just being on emergency standby
C) public expectation of adequate training
D) the need for clearly defined roles

Question 14

Research evidence on the effect of rapid response on apprehension probability for in-progress crime calls

A) indicates no effect upon apprehension probability.
B) indicates a substantial effect on apprehension probability.
C) is mixed.
D) indicates an effect only for robbery.

Question 15

The role of professional judgment in allocation and deployment decision making is best described by the term

A) fatal error.
B) inappropriate.
C) necessary evil.
D) essential component.

Question 16

The lack of patrol participation in community or problem-oriented endeavors is due to

A) lack of training.
B) lack of commitment.
C) entrenched attitudes.
D) the need to maintain emergency availability.

Question 17

Availability,rapid response,and visibility should be part of patrol deployment allocation because they are

A) desired by citizens.
B) essential to officer psychological well-being.
C) intrinsically linked to crime control.
D) the basis of a geographic-focused orientation.

Question 18

The human factor that needs to be considered relevant to structured use of emergency standby time is

A) job satisfaction.
B) proactive activities.
C) stress.
D) physical exertion .

Question 19

The fact that elementary schools are still organized into individual classrooms of 20 children illustrates the principle that

A) persistent fundamentals dictate organization.
B) "that's the way we have always done things" is entrenched in the public sector.
C) innovations are difficult in highly structured bureaucracies.
D) "comfort zones" win over evidence for innovation.

Question 20

Research evidence indicates that rapid response to citizen calls-for-service

A) affects citizen satisfaction with the response.
B) has no effect upon citizen satisfaction with the response.
C) affects satisfaction only if response is significantly delayed.
D) almost completely dictates the level of satisfaction.