WorksheetsPatrol Operations-Traditional Approach
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is not one of the three traditional ways we do police work in the U.S.:
retroactive investigation of past crimes by detectives
routine random patrol
proactive investigations
rapid response to calls by citizens to 911
It has commonly been believed in police administration that random routine patrol creates a sense of:
semipresence
omnipresence
nonpresence
none of the above
The Kansas City Study occurred in:
the l960's
the 1970's
the l980's
the l950's
The Kansas City Study indicated that adding or removing police random routine patrol:
caused crime to increase
caused crime to decrease
had no effect on crime
none of the above
Which of the following is not one of the basic components of response time:
time between the crime and the call to the police
time required for the police to process the call
travel time from receipt of the call by the patrol car to arrival at the scene
time it takes for the perpetrator to flee the scene
The Rand study revealed that most of a detective's time was spent on:
interviewing complainants and witnesses
crime scene analysis
non-productive work
interrogation of suspects
The single most important determinant of whether or not a case will be solved is the:
presence of physical evidence at the crime scene.
speed at which the detective arrives at the crime scene
information the victim supplies to the immediately responding patrol officer
suspect's prior police record
It has now been discovered that most of what O.W. Wilson taught us about police patrol was:
extremely accurate, despite his failure to do empirical studies
wrong, since he based his analyses on faulty statistics
wrong, since he based his writings on faulty assumptions
accurate, since he based his studies on empirical data
Which of the following is not one of the benefits of replacing foot officers with motorized patrols:
officers can get to the scene of an emergency faster
officers can cover more territory
officers can remain close to the community
officers can be more efficient
Foot patrol returned to our cities in the:
mid-l980s
late l990s
late l970s
early l970s
Which of the following does not occur when foot patrol is added in neighborhoods:
levels of citizen fear decrease significantly
citizen satisfaction with police increase
foot officers have greater job satisfaction
crime decreases
Each precinct in the city has its own detective squad which investigates all crimes committed in the precinct. This is called a:
centralized system
decentralized system
specialized system
area system
The first police SWAT Team was founded in l964 in the city of ____________:
Philadelphia
New York
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C.
