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How effective has community policing been in reducing crime and improving community-law enforcement relations? Consider what the data says and what community members might think.

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Which of the following police operations best exemplifies community-oriented policing?

A) A sting operation where officers pose as fences of stolen property
B) Creation of a well-armed special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team trained in hostage negotiation
C) Computerized data terminals installed on the dash of all patrol cars
D) The hiring of bilingual officers to patrol neighborhoods with large immigrant populations

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What have evaluations of foot patrol programs in New Jersey and Michigan demonstrated?

What technology has allowed precinct commanders to analyze how crime is clustered geographically in their precinct and how patrol officers are being deployed?

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the time-in-rank system. Describe someone who would benefit from the system and someone who wouldn't.

Describe how technological systems like CompStat and automated license plate recognition (ALPR) are helping police departments cut down on crime. What do you see as the main benefit to utilizing technology?

A National Institute of Justice study revealed that rapid response times had virtually no effect on crime.

Which of the following is a method of improving the patrol function?

How do most municipal police departments determine promotion eligibility?

______ patrol is a key component of community-oriented policing and tends to reduce fear of crime in a community.

The concept of hot spots of crime is most closely associated with which model of policing?

_____________ policing involves the collection and analysis of information designed to inform police decision making at both the tactical and strategic level.

_______ is the use of scientific techniques to investigate questions of interest to the justice system and to solve crimes.

Community-oriented policing emphasizes sharing power with local groups and individuals and changing management styles within departments.

Forensic scientists working in the civil justice system would likely have to analyze ___________.

More than 90 percent of all police departments require ______ training; the average officer receives more than 500 hours of this training.

Madalyn has just earned her degree in information systems. After graduation, she decides to go to the police academy. She believes that working for the police and combining her knowledge of computers would be a great niche field. A job posting for a senior computer technician is posted within the police department. With her degree in information systems, Madalyn applies and is sure she will be welcomed with open arms into the job. The most likely reason she wouldn't get the job is because:

The idea that aggressive policing makes criminals more worried about getting caught and therefore less likely to commit crime is known as the _________.

Detectives are considered the backbone of policing and account for two-thirds of a department's personnel.

It has become common for police departments to institute _____ oversight over police practices and to establish review boards to listen to complaints and conduct investigations.