Deck 14: Community Policing, Engagement, and Outreach

Question 1

Which of the following key elements of community policing involves the collaboration of community members and groups, nonprofits and service providers, other government agencies, private businesses, and the media?

A) unity of command
B) problem-solving
C) community partnerships
D) organizational transformation

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which key element of community policing aligns management, structure, personnel, and information systems within a department?

A) organizational transformation
B) problem-solving
C) unity of command
D) community partnerships

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The scanning, analysis, response, and assessment (SARA) model is used with which key element of community policing?

A) organizational transformation
B) community partnerships
C) unity of command
D) problem-solving

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services assists agencies by ______.

A) implementing a paramilitary organization structure
B) providing comprehensive hands-on collaboration
C) enforcing the police subculture
D) advocating for the use of police unions

Question 5

Much of the literature on community engagement as a theoretical concept is generated from which type of profession?

A) political
B) health
C) education
D) criminal justice

Question 6

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people is referred to as community ______.

A) stakeholders
B) outreach
C) engagement
D) partnerships

Question 7

In the context of community engagement, elected officials, business owners, nonprofit groups, other agencies, and the media are all examples of ______.

A) customers
B) shareholders
C) investors
D) stakeholders

Question 8

Which of the following were identified as the two most crucial pieces of the community policing puzzle?

A) patrol officers and residents
B) residents and the media
C) the media and top cops
D) top cops and patrol officers

Question 9

According to the authors, which of the following approaches should be used in policing?

A) top-down
B) outside-in
C) inside-out
D) bottom-up

Question 10

The Aurora, Colorado, Immigration Outreach program is an example of a program that is aimed at a specific ______.

A) neighborhood
B) school
C) community
D) business district

Question 11

Who is responsible for taking the lead on program development and bringing others into the process?

A) police administrators
B) elected officials
C) citizens
D) media

Question 12

In which era of policing did police market themselves as the experts in crime-fighting?

A) intelligence-led
B) predictive
C) community
D) traditional

Question 13

Vigilante justice, posse comitatus, and citizens' arrests were three actions where citizens became the ______.

A) enforcers
B) crime-fighters
C) problem solvers
D) stakeholders

Question 14

When citizens take the law into their own hands due to an absence of legal avenues, it is referred to as ______.

A) night watching
B) citizens' arrest
C) vigilante justice
D) posse comitatus

Question 15

The practice of ______ refers to when citizens were deputized by the sheriff to assist with arrests or during times of emergency.

A) vigilante justice
B) neighborhood watching
C) posse comitatus
D) citizens' arrest

Question 16

Which of the following programs was identified as the brainchild of the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) in 1972?

A) Citizen Police Academies
B) Youth Programs
C) Neighborhood Watch Programs
D) Senior Programs

Question 17

The creation of the neighborhood watch programs in the 1960s was a response to which of the following?

A) civil unrest
B) political pressure
C) the war on drugs
D) union strikes

Question 18

Which of the following statements pertaining to neighborhood watch programs is true?

A) Research has found that these programs are used effectively.
B) Evaluations have found that these programs are successful in middle-class areas.
C) They were created by police departments in order to spy on community members.
D) Interested citizens are the only ones who have the power to set up a watch program.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes the purpose of Citizen Police Academies?

A) to spy on community members
B) to learn responsible decision-making strategies
C) to help deter risky and criminal behaviors among youth
D) to educate citizens about what the police do

Question 20

Which type of program requires participation in a boot camp?

A) Senior Programs
B) Neighborhood Watch Programs
C) Teen Academies
D) Explorer/Cadet Programs

Question 21

The Aurora, Colorado, program is an example of the police department's outreach to which population?

A) young people
B) Black Americans
C) people with mental illnesses
D) immigrants

Question 22

The Cops and Barbers initiative is an example of a program that focuses its outreach efforts on which population?

A) Black Americans
B) people with mental illnesses
C) immigrants
D) people experiencing homelessness

Question 23

The H.E.A.R.T. Program used by the Santa Ana Police Department was created to provide community outreach to which population?

A) immigrants
B) people experiencing homelessness
C) young people
D) people with mental illnesses

Question 24

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) was developed with which population in mind?

A) people experiencing homelessness
B) people with mental illnesses
C) Black Americans
D) immigrants

Question 25

Research has shown that police see a neighborhood and its problems differently than residents do.

Question 26

Prior to implementation, police administrators should determine who would benefit from an outreach effort.

Question 27

All community programs result from extensive systematic planning.

Question 28

Citizen participation in crime prevention and enforcement is a new concept.

Question 29

Citizens can make an arrest of a person for crimes that they, themselves, witnessed.

Question 30

Both Citizen Police Academies and Explorer and Cadet Programs are designed to be preparation programs for police careers, or at a minimum, to give young people vocational experience.

Question 31

The lack of homogeneity in communities can add to the challenges of community outreach.

Question 32

The majority of the people in the United States who are experiencing homelessness are men, with an overrepresentation of Whites and American Indians.

Question 33

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement between two or more parties which outlines the responsibilities of each party to achieve a particular goal or set of goals.

Question 34

The purpose of community programs is to facilitate strong relationships and increase avenues of communication, with the goal of making the community safer and the police more approachable.

Question 35

Explain the Micro Community Policing Plans (MCPP) implemented by the Seattle Police Department. What do you think would impede the implementation of these plans in other law enforcement agencies?

Question 36

Identify and discuss the three key elements of community policing.

Question 37

There are many steps to consider before the implementation of a community program. What are some of the examples of guidelines used in that process?

Question 38

Discuss the goals of neighborhood watch programs. Are there any neighborhood watch programs in your community? If so, do you think they are successful?

Question 39

Explain how the lack of homogeneity can add to the challenges of community outreach.