Chapter 12: Community Policing: The Men and Women in Uniform

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is a legal concept whereby the city, department, and supervisors are held accountable and legally liable for their officers’ decisions and actions?

A. intentional torts

B. strict liability

C. negligence torts

D. vicarious liability

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing called for which of the following types of policing?

A. predictive

B. problem-oriented

C. traditional

D. community

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Which of the following organizations was developed to support police reform, as a result of President Johnson’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice?

A. Office of Justice Programs

B. Community Oriented Policing Services

C. Defense Logistics Agency

D. Department of Justice

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Lessons Learned From Early Community Policing Implementation

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Which drug epidemic in the 80s and 90s put pressure on law enforcement officials to return to traditional law and order?

A. crack

B. heroin

C. marijuana

D. opioid

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Lessons Learned From Early Community Policing Implementation

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Which of the following statements pertaining to early community policing implementation is true?

A. The sources of the problems that threatened to derail efforts toward positive change in policing were found only inside the department.

B. The low turnover of police leadership resulted in the inability to innovate and bring forth change.

C. The biggest hurdle to the success of community policing was the public’s acceptance of new policing models.

D. The innovative programs were expensive to maintain.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Lessons Learned From Early Community Policing Implementation

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Which of the following was identified as one of the reasons why police officers never bought into community policing?

A. The concept lacked clear definition.

B. It was thought to be ineffective.

C. The training was too time-consuming.

D. TT was not enforced by their superiors.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Lessons Learned From Early Community Policing Implementation

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Original iterations of community policing programs consisted of which of the following?

A. several civilian police volunteers assigned to certain areas of the community

B. a public information officer within the department

C. a few officers assigned to a specialized unit within the department

D. traditional motorized patrol units

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Split Force

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Under the early community policing programs, which types of officers were more likely to be assigned to the community policing unit?

A. veteran motor patrol officers

B. administrators

C. detectives

D. academy recruits

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Split Force

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. The problematic split force revealed the need for which of the following?

A. increased transparency

B. full engagement by the department

C. unlimited resources for training

D. incentives for compliance with the mandates

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Split Force

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. ______ are the greatest challenge to the successful implementation of community policing.

A. Community members

B. Lawmakers

C. Police officers

D. Politicians

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Officer Centered Challenges to Community Policing

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Which of the following terms best describes a close-knit group that shares values and informal norms and differentiates itself from the general public?

A. counterculture

B. subculture

C. culture

D. microculture

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Police Subculture

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. According to the authors, the police subculture breeds mistrust and suspicion of citizens and creates a mentality that can be described as ______.

A. us-versus-them

B. inefficient

C. productive

D. constructive

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Police Subculture

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. In the police subculture, officers are most focused on which of the following?

A. bravery

B. community

C. safety

D. security

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Police Subculture

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. According to the text, some of the legal challenges, which have been based on the discrimination of women and racial-ethnic minorities that violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, have focused on which portions of the prescreening test?

A. application and written examination

B. written examination and physical agility test

C. physical agility test and interview

D. interview and medical examination

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The hiring process for a law enforcement position often takes ______ months.

A. 1–2

B. 2–4

C. 4–6

D. 8–10

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Law enforcement agencies rely on which level of governing board to regulate and set standards for the hiring and training of public safety professionals?

A. local and state

B. state and federal

C. federal and local

D. tribal and local

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Which of the following prescreening aspects of the hiring process is considered to be the least costly on the front end?

A. polygraph

B. written test

C. medical examination

D. background investigation

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. The most time-consuming aspects of the preemployment screening for police officers include the ______.

A. physical

B. polygraph

C. medical examination

D. background investigation

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. The first step of the hiring process is the ______ phase.

A. recruitment

B. interview

C. academy

D. examination

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which of the following argues that a loss of legitimacy in policing has soured many on the career of policing, especially among people of color?

A. us-versus-them mentality

B. Ferguson effect

C. police subculture

D. Code of Silence

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Police Recruitment

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of the following was identified in the text as a major predictor of attitudes toward the police?

A. class

B. race

C. age

D. gender

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Recruitment of Women and People of Color

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. According to the authors, much of the experience of training is reinforcement of ______.

A. creativity

B. problem-solving

C. communication

D. resiliency

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Police Training

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which of the following takes place directly after applicants successfully move through the hiring process?

A. They get promoted to a higher rank.

B. They complete in-service training.

C. They attend an academy.

D. They do field training.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Police Training

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. Which of the following is an example of a soft skill?

A. communication

B. marketing

C. accounting

D. writing

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Soft Skills

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. According to the text, in general, law enforcement officials have been less concerned with a candidate’s soft skills and are looking for individuals who ______.

A. are leaders

B. can collaborate

C. are physically capable

D. can think creatively

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Soft Skills

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. One of the biggest lessons learned from early community policing implementations was finding that traditional values of police officers do not closely align with community policing ideals.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The organizational division of traditional and community policing units created a split force with two differing and often conflicting mandates.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Split Force

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Community policing works whether police officers buy into it or not.

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Police Subculture

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. When police officers cover for each other in cases of wrongdoing, it is referred to as the blue wall of silence.

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Police Subculture

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Police departments across the United States all differ dramatically in how they hire and train police officers.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Law enforcement agencies rely on federal- level governing boards to regulate and set standards for the hiring and training of public safety professionals.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Hiring Process

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The first step in designing an effective message is learning what motivations people have for entering policing.

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Recruitment Message

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Police recruiters tend to target men, rather than women.

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Who, What, Where of Recruitment

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. College settings are ideal for recruitment campaigns because potential candidates are older, diverse, and earning a college degree.

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Recruitment of Educated Officers

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Women often possess traits more conducive to community policing than do their male counterparts.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Soft Skills

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Explain the composition of police departments under the original iterations of community policing programs.

Learning Objective: 12-1: Explain the role of police officers in the successes and failures of early community policing programs and lessons learned.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Split Force

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Explain the concept of split force. Why was this organizational division considered problematic?

Learning Objective: 12-2: Discuss the subculture of policing: attributes, values, and resistance against community policing.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Officer Centered Challenges to Community Policing

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. After having read the chapter, do you think that law enforcement agencies should require a college education? Why or why not?

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Recruitment of Educated Officers

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Discuss the problems that hinder recruiters’ efforts to target diverse populations.

Learning Objective: 12-4: Explain the need for diversity and education in police recruitment for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Recruitment of Women and People of Color

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Explain the concept of emotional intelligence (EI). Provide an example of a situation in which a police officer would use their EI.

Learning Objective: 12-3: Describe the police officer recruitment, hiring, and training for community policing and problem solving.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Soft Skills

Difficulty Level: Hard