In the 1980s and 1990s, the police were grappling with new issues, such as terrorism, school shootings and ______________ .

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In the 1980s and 1990s, the police were dealing with a rise in domestic terrorism and incidents such as the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, making option A, bombings, the correct answer. While airplane hijackings were more prevalent in the 1970s, they were still a concern for law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s. However, they were not as significant an issue as bombings. Option C, more overtime, is a potential outcome of these new challenges, but it is not a specific issue that the police were grappling with. Option D, computer hacking, became a more prominent issue in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but it was not as pressing a concern in the 1980s and early 1990s.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Police Were Grappling with New