Chapter 14: Community Policing, Engagement, and Outreach

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following key elements of community policing involves the collaboration of community members and groups, nonprofits and service providers, other government agencies, private businesses, and the media?

A. unity of command

B. problem-solving

C. community partnerships

D. organizational transformation

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: From Community Policing to Community Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which key element of community policing aligns management, structure, personnel, and information systems within a department?

A. organizational transformation

B. problem-solving

C. unity of command

D. community partnerships

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: From Community Policing to Community Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The scanning, analysis, response, and assessment (SARA) model is used with which key element of community policing?

A. organizational transformation

B. community partnerships

C. unity of command

D. problem-solving

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: From Community Policing to Community Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services assists agencies by ______.

A. implementing a paramilitary organization structure

B. providing comprehensive hands-on collaboration

C. enforcing the police subculture

D. advocating for the use of police unions

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: From Community Policing to Community Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Much of the literature on community engagement as a theoretical concept is generated from which type of profession?

A. political

B. health

C. education

D. criminal justice

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Community Engagement Defined

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people is referred to as community ______.

A. stakeholders

B. outreach

C. engagement

D. partnerships

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Community Engagement Defined

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. In the context of community engagement, elected officials, business owners, nonprofit groups, other agencies, and the media are all examples of ______.

A. customers

B. shareholders

C. investors

D. stakeholders

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Community Engagement Defined

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following were identified as the two most crucial pieces of the community policing puzzle?

A. patrol officers and residents

B. residents and the media

C. the media and top cops

D. top cops and patrol officers

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: From Community Engagement to Community Outreach

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. According to the authors, which of the following approaches should be used in policing?

A. top-down

B. outside-in

C. inside-out

D. bottom-up

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: From Community Engagement to Community Outreach

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. The Aurora, Colorado, Immigration Outreach program is an example of a program that is aimed at a specific ______.

A. neighborhood

B. school

C. community

D. business district

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Scale and Focus of Outreach

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. Who is responsible for taking the lead on program development and bringing others into the process?

A. police administrators

B. elected officials

C. citizens

D. media

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Planning a Program

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. In which era of policing did police market themselves as the experts in crime-fighting?

A. intelligence-led

B. predictive

C. community

D. traditional

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Community Outreach

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Vigilante justice, posse comitatus, and citizens’ arrests were three actions where citizens became the ______.

A. enforcers

B. crime-fighters

C. problem solvers

D. stakeholders

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Community Outreach

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. When citizens take the law into their own hands due to an absence of legal avenues, it is referred to as ______.

A. night watching

B. citizens’ arrest

C. vigilante justice

D. posse comitatus

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Historical Citizen Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The practice of ______ refers to when citizens were deputized by the sheriff to assist with arrests or during times of emergency.

A. vigilante justice

B. neighborhood watching

C. posse comitatus

D. citizens’ arrest

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Historical Citizen Participation

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which of the following programs was identified as the brainchild of the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) in 1972?

A. Citizen Police Academies

B. Youth Programs

C. Neighborhood Watch Programs

D. Senior Programs

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Neighborhood Watch Programs

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The creation of the neighborhood watch programs in the 1960s was a response to which of the following?

A. civil unrest

B. political pressure

C. the war on drugs

D. union strikes

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Neighborhood Watch Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Which of the following statements pertaining to neighborhood watch programs is true?

A. Research has found that these programs are used effectively.

B. Evaluations have found that these programs are successful in middle-class areas.

C. They were created by police departments in order to spy on community members.

D. Interested citizens are the only ones who have the power to set up a watch program.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Neighborhood Watch Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following best describes the purpose of Citizen Police Academies?

A. to spy on community members

B. to learn responsible decision-making strategies

C. to help deter risky and criminal behaviors among youth

D. to educate citizens about what the police do

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Citizen Police Academies

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which type of program requires participation in a boot camp?

A. Senior Programs

B. Neighborhood Watch Programs

C. Teen Academies

D. Explorer/Cadet Programs

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Explorers/Cadets Programs

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Which of the following communities was reported as having the lowest confidence rates in police?

A. Asian Americans

B. Black Americans

C. Native Americans

D. Hispanic Americans

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Outreach to Black Americans

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. The Aurora, Colorado, program is an example of the police department’s outreach to which population?

A. young people

B. Black Americans

C. people with mental illnesses

D. immigrants

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Outreach to Immigrant Communities

Difficulty Level: Hard

23. The Cops and Barbers initiative is an example of a program that focuses its outreach efforts on which population?

A. Black Americans

B. people with mental illnesses

C. immigrants

D. people experiencing homelessness

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Outreach to Immigrant Communities

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. The H.E.A.R.T. Program used by the Santa Ana Police Department was created to provide community outreach to which population?

A. immigrants

B. people experiencing homelessness

C. young people

D. people with mental illnesses

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: H.E.A.R.T. Program, Santa Ana Police Department

Difficulty Level: Hard

25. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) was developed with which population in mind?

A. people experiencing homelessness

B. people with mental illnesses

C. Black Americans

D. immigrants

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Crisis Intervention Teams

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Research has shown that police see a neighborhood and its problems differently than residents do.

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Community Defined

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Prior to implementation, police administrators should determine who would benefit from an outreach effort.

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Program Development: The Who, What, Where, How, Why?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. All community programs result from extensive systematic planning.

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Planning a Program

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Citizen participation in crime prevention and enforcement is a new concept.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Historical Citizen Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Citizens can make an arrest of a person for crimes that they, themselves, witnessed.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Historical Citizen Participation

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Both Citizen Police Academies and Explorer and Cadet Programs are designed to be preparation programs for police careers, or at a minimum, to give young people vocational experience.

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Explorers/Cadets Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The lack of homogeneity in communities can add to the challenges of community outreach.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Programs Based on Population Targets

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. The majority of the people in the United States who are experiencing homelessness are men, with an overrepresentation of Whites and American Indians.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement between two or more parties which outlines the responsibilities of each party to achieve a particular goal or set of goals.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: H.E.A.R.T. Program, Santa Ana Police Department

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The purpose of community programs is to facilitate strong relationships and increase avenues of communication, with the goal of making the community safer and the police more approachable.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Community Outreach: Honorable Mentions

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Explain the Micro Community Policing Plans (MCPP) implemented by the Seattle Police Department. What do you think would impede the implementation of these plans in other law enforcement agencies?

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Identify and discuss the three key elements of community policing.

Learning Objective: 14-1: Explain and discuss what community police officers do differently from traditional officers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: From Community Policing to Community Engagement

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. There are many steps to consider before the implementation of a community program. What are some of the examples of guidelines used in that process?

Learning Objective: 14-2: Explain and define community policing, community engagement, and community outreach.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Planning a Program

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Discuss the goals of neighborhood watch programs. Are there any neighborhood watch programs in your community? If so, do you think they are successful?

Learning Objective: 14-3: Explain and discuss real world examples of community policing in action.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Neighborhood Watch Programs

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Explain how the lack of homogeneity can add to the challenges of community outreach.

Learning Objective: 14-4: Discuss challenges and solutions police have for addressing specific populations’ issues.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Programs Based on Population Targets

Difficulty Level: Medium