Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Community policing represents a paradigm shift, indicating a fundamental change in the approach or underlying assumptions about policing, moving away from traditional methods to more community-involved strategies.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Community policing aims to transform the values of the police institution to focus more on social problems rather than just crime itself. This approach encourages a partnership between the police and the community to address the root causes of crime and disorder.

Question 3

Within police departments, community policing redefines:

Accepted Answer

Community policing redefines accountability, control, and power by fostering a partnership between the police force and the community, aiming to solve problems collaboratively rather than through enforcement alone. This approach shifts how these elements are traditionally viewed within law enforcement.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Community policing emphasizes building stronger relationships between the police and the community, which often involves officers taking on roles that allow them to engage more directly with community members, such as community outreach specialists.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Rising crime was a major concern that led to the development of community policing.

Question 6

Which statement is true regarding community policing?

Accepted Answer

Community policing involves empowering the community and fostering a partnership between the police and the community, rather than focusing solely on crime control. This approach aims to build trust and cooperation, rather than reducing the power of government officials.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The U.S. federal government is modifying funding of community policing to fund the War on Terrorism, reflecting a shift in national security priorities.

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.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The police adoption of the imagery of...

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

All of the options listed are aspects of organizational or structural changes involved in implementing community policing. These changes include reallocating resources, reordering police work to emphasize problem-solving, and decentralizing power to give officers more responsibility.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Community policing emphasizes the importance of the relationship between the police and the community, suggesting that people are vital to the police in controlling crime and ensuring public safety. The other options (B, C, D) align with the principles of community policing, which include public input in policing, the necessity for officer education, and the idea that the community plays a crucial role in crime control.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Originally, community policing was a specific approach aimed at building closer relationships between police and communities to proactively address the causes of crime and social disorder. Over time, it has been broadened and sometimes diluted into a catchall phrase for various police-community interaction strategies.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Community policing focuses on building relationships between the police and the community to better address community concerns, rather than increasing the power of local political officials or the wealthy.

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.

Accepted Answer

Community policing involves collaboration between police and community members, which can increase transparency and pressure on political leaders to address community issues effectively.

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.

Accepted Answer

The shift to community policing was largely a response to significant social pressures and a crisis in legitimacy that traditional policing models were facing, rather than solely the result of reform-minded individuals seeking to improve the system. This transition was driven by the need to address public dissatisfaction and to restore trust in law enforcement by fostering a more collaborative relationship between the police and the communities they serve.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Private policing often reflects societal class distinctions, as wealthier individuals or communities can afford more and better private security services, leading to unequal levels of protection and safety across different social strata.

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.

Accepted Answer

Community policing emphasizes building strong relationships between the police and the community, prioritizing the concerns, safety, and well-being of the people as a primary focus, rather than relegating them to 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.

Accepted Answer

Community policing emphasizes the use of foot patrols to increase direct interactions between police officers and community members, aiming to build trust and cooperation, rather than reducing the number of foot patrol officers in favor of motorized patrols.

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.

Accepted Answer

Community policing involves a partnership between the police force and the community, which requires educating both the public and political leaders about changes in police operations, including how police respond to calls for service, to ensure understanding and cooperation.

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.

Accepted Answer

Community policing was developed as a strategy to improve the relationship between the police and the community by addressing the causes of crime, fear of crime, and improving police-community relations through proactive partnerships and problem-solving techniques.

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.

Accepted Answer

The statement incorrectly suggests that all these ideas were proven successful, but in reality, some like team policing faced challenges and were not universally successful.

Quiz 13: Community Policing at the Crossroads