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The _____ began as early Roman firefighters and eventually became the first civil police fore designed to protect citizen.

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Vigiles

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In the letter part of the ninth century, King Alfred the Great of England and King Cnute II of Denmark devised the ______, a form of community self protection.

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frankpledge or mutual pledge

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In 1285, the Statute of Winchester established

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all of the above

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_______ formed the Bow Street Runners.

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Henry Fielding

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_______ is generally credited with established the first police department in London, English.

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Robert Peel

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The 1st American police Department was organized in 1838 in_______

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Boston

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Many historian and scholars argue that _______ in the American south were the precursor to the American system of policing.

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slave patrols

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The only law enforcement officers available on the American frontier were the _____ and the _____

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county sheriff, town marshal

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The Latin term _______ means "the power of the county."

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posse comitatus

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The first state policel agency was the _______.

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Texas Rangers

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In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the national Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. The commission was known as the ______

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Wickersham Commission

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The _______ investigated police corruption in the New York City Police Department.

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Knapp Commission

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The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, and known as the ____________, released a report stating, "Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal."

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Kerner Commission

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______ served as chief of police in Berkeley and instituted many practices that started to professionalize the U.S police, including incorporating university training as a part of police training.

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August Vollmer

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_______ is noted for developing modern management and administrative techniques for policing.

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O.W. Wilson

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The majority of law enforcement agencies in America are ______

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local

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Nationwide, in 2008, the sworn law enforcement employee average was ______ law enforcement employees per 1,000 citizens.

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2.5

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In the United States, ________ percent of police departments have 25 or fewer officers.

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87

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Radical and ethic minorities constitute approximately _______ percent of full-time sworn personal in local departments.

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24

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Among local departments, women account for approximately _______ percent of sworn personnel.

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12

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_________ is the management concept that says each individual is an organization is supervised by one immediate supervisor who in turn reports to a higher supervisor.

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Chain of command

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_________ is the number of officers or subordinates a supervisor can supervise effectively.

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Span of Control

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The civil service system was created by the ______.

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Pendleton Act

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The civil service system is a ______ system.

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merit

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____________ is the process of removing sworn officers from non-enforcement jobs and replacing them by non-sworn personnel.

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Civilianization

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____________ is an example of an operations unit in a police department.

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Patrol

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____________ is an example of an administrative unit in a police department.

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Personnel

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__________ is an example of an auxiliary unity in a police department.

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Communications

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A ________ identifies the important tasks performed by the police officers and the identifies the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to preform those tasks.

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job analysis

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When a proper jobs analysis is done, test in the police screening process are considered to be __________.

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job related

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Hrand Saxenian says ________ is the single most important criterion in the police selection process.

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maturity

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Physical agility testing has been criticized for discriminating against ________.

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women

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The ________ stage of the police selection process receives the most litigation.

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written entrance exam

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The purpose of the medical examination is to screen out _______.

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candidates who cannot perform the required job tasks

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The Sherman Report criticized current police higher education and suggested that higher education programs for the police should offer them a ______________ experience.

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broadening

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The Sherman Report suggested recruiting police applicants from _________ college programs.

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liberal arts

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The U.S. Supreme Court case of Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) dealt with _________.

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height and weight requirements for candidates

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Most police agencies require the vision of a police applicant to be correctable to ___________.

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20/20

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According to John Firman, the research director for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the most common restriction on hiring applicants for police service with a history of drug use within the recent past is ________ years free from using hard drugs and _______ years free from marijuana.

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10; 5

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Adverse impact or different rate of selection occurs when the selection rate for any gender, rate or ethic group is less than ________ percent of that for the group with the highest selection rate.

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80

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After the conditional offer of employment has been made to potential police applicant, the final stage of the selection process is _________.

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psychological and medical evaluation

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The ________ can be used to examine a candidate's characteristics that might be otherwise difficult to assess including poise, presence, and communication skills.

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oral board

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In 1985, the fleeing felon rule was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case of ___________.

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Tennessee v. Garner

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The police make more arrest for _______ crimes than for the other types.

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property

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Most police contacts involve _______.

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motor vehicle or traffic related issues.

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Egan Bittner has stated that police work has, from its earliest origins, been a

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tainted occupation

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Sheehan and Cordner state that two primary goals and objectives of police departments

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maintaining order, and protecting life and property

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_________ is one of Broderick's police operational styles.

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all of the above

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_________ is not one of James Q. Wilson's operating styles.

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Aggressive

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Which of the following is not one of the reasons police exercise discretion?

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the police want to show they have a caring attitude toward the community

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