Policing in America

The Frankpledge System was organized in England as an early form of policing. It was a "Night Watch" made up of....

• Citizens

• Full Time Police Officers

• Soldiers

• Politicians

The title of the individual who was in charge of this "Night Watch" was....

• The President

• A Sheriff

• The Attorney General

• A Governor

This man organized London's first Metropolitan Police Force in 1829.

• Edmund Locard

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Elliott Ness

• Robert Peel

"Slave Patrols" were an early form of policing in which region of the United States?

• New England

• The South

• The Midwest

• The West Coast

Where did America's first professional police forces emerge?

• Larger Cities

• Rural Communities

• Immigrant Settlements

• Slave Plantations

The #1 complaint against Police Forces of the late nineteenth was what?

• Use of Excessive Forces

• Connection to Politics

• Accusation of Racism

• Ineffective Methods

The Lexow Commission exposed massive amounts of corruption and abuse of power in which American state?

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Connecticut

From 1900-1930 which police reformer instituted a number of policies aimed at improving methods & professionalism?

• August Vollmer

• Edmund Locard

• OW Wilson

• Richard Nixon

From 1930-1950 this policing reformer tried to get departments to improve their efficiency and better incorporate technology in their departments.

• August Vollmer

• OW Wilson

• Edmund Locard

• Elliott Ness

The majority of police in America are part of which layer?

• Local

• State

• Federal