Community Oriented Policing

1. Which of the following involves decentralized policing programs that focus on crime prevention, quality of life in the community, public order, and alternatives to arrest?

• a) Community-Oriented Policing

• b) Traditional Policing

2. Which of the following focuses on solving the underlying problems of delinquency and crime?

• a) Community Oriented Policing

• b) Traditional Policing

3. What is not a characteristic of Community-Oriented Policing?

• a) Focus is on proactive crime prevention rather than emergency response

• b) Encourages officers to see citizens as partners

• c) Shifts decision-making and discretion downward to patrol officers

• d) Less visible operations

4. Rapid response is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

5. Crime investigation is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

6. Strategies that promote crime prevention are a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

7. Apprehension of the criminal is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

8. Law enforcement is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

9. Promoting the community quality of life and public order is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing

10. Using alternatives to arrest and force to solve the problem is a characteristic of which of the following?

• a) Traditional law enforcement

• b) Community-Oriented Policing