LEA I

The word “POLICE” originated from the Greek word POLITEIA, which means:

• a. An agency charged to enforce the law

• b. A person who enforces the law

• c. A government of a city

• d. Internal organization or regulation of a State

The Home rule theory of police service considers the policemen as:

1. Servants of the community, who depend for the effectiveness of their functions upon the express wishes of the people.

2. Policemen are civil employees

3. Policemen’s primary duty is the preservation of public peace and security.

• a. 1 and 2

• b. 2 and 3

• c. 1 and 3

• d. 1, 2, and 3

What is the concept of policing that considers the police organization as merely repressive machinery, hence its yardstick of efficiency is more on arrest and punishment is the only instrument of crime control?

• a. Old Concept

• b. Modern Concept

• c. Classical Concept

• d. Crime Control

General objectives of the police are the following:

1. To ensure that there is an order in the community

2. To protect the lives and limbs of every member of the community

3. To arrest the criminals and bring them to prison

4. To protect the properties of the citizenry and render appropriate assistance to other government offices concerned.

• a. 1, 2, 3 and 4

• b. 1, 2, and 3

• c. 1, 2, and 4

• d. 1, 3, and 4

What do you mean by crime prevention as one of the basic functions of the police?

• a. An elimination or reduction of the desire to commit a crime.

• b. Neutralization of criminal activity by proper enforcement of criminal laws

• c. Enforcement of rules and regulations and ordinances all aimed at achieving a desired uniform standard of activity among members of society.

• d. Police visibility to eliminate desire, opportunity, and instruments of crime.

Primary or line police activities are the following:

1. Patrol work, traffic control/management and criminal investigation

2. Laboratory, jail or custody maintenance and identification.

3. Transportation, communication, property supply and records

4. Juvenile and vice control

5. Personnel, inspection, planning activities, budgeting, training, and public relations

• a. 1 and 4

• b. 2 and 3

• c. 3 and4

• d. 4 and 5

Does the organization refer to?

1. The duties of designating the departments and the personnel that are to carry on the work, defining their functions, and specifying the relations that are to exist between departments and individuals.

2. Consist of arranging personnel and functions in a systematic manner designed to accommodate stated goals and objectives in the most efficient manner possible.

3. Apportioning of works or tasks among the various units or groups according to some logical plan.

4. A graphic view of the general structure of work and work relationships in the organization.

• a. 1 and 3

• b. 2 and 4

• c. 1 and 2

• d. 3 and 4

Group of individuals who were united for some end or work, arranged with a common purpose and objective in a manner to enable the performance of related tasks by individuals and the establishment of areas of responsibility with clear-cut channels of communication and authority is referred to as:

• a. Organization

• b. Association

• c. Federation

• d. Functional organization

An organizational chart represents:

• a. Shows the chain of command, organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and work relationships.

• b. Serves as a historical record of changes over the years, an excellent training and briefing device, and a guide in planning for expansion and changes in reorganization.

• c. A and B

• d. B only

In line and staff organization operational or line units are responsible for the direct accomplishment of the police objectives while the administrative or staff units are:

• a. Responsible for the support or advisory functions to enhance the capability of the line and facilitate the achievement of its functions and objectives.

• b. Commanding the line so that it will perform its duties in a manner that it will efficiently achieve the policy objectives

• c. Tasked to provide materials and logistics to the line

• d. None of them