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Unit 2 Professional Policing study guide

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 2hrs 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Crime Stoppers was first established in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July 1976

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What year was Crime Stoppers established in Texas

a)

1951

b)

1980

c)

1981

d)

1967

3.

How long did it take for the first case to be solved using Crime Stopper?

a)

2 days

b)

24 hours

c)

8 hours

d)

3 days

4.

Most Crime Stopper Organizations are _____ governed by a civilian board of director

a)

For profit

b)

Informally

c)

Organizations

d)

None profit

5.

The three methods to ensure a tipster remains anonymous which of the following is NOT one?

a)

Call or Text

b)

Send email

c)

Use Tip App

d)

Write a letter

6.

The coordinator should avoid accepting in-person or _______ tips to ensure the tipster’s anonymity

a)

Unreliable

b)

Face-to-Face

c)

Phone calls

d)

Noe of the answer are correct

7.

In a properly conducted Crime Stoppers program, a tipster is _____for information, and not for anything else.

a)

Thanked

b)

Rewarded

c)

Arrested

d)

Paid

8.

Tue or False: Certified organizations are eligible to receive funds from probation fees, which are used to pay rewards and cover operational expenses.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Tips are considered “_______” under law and may not be released, under penalty of law

a)

Governmental information

b)

Legal information

c)

privileged information

d)

Direct Information

10.

What is the penalty for misused information if done to obtain monetary gain or anther benefit?

a)

State Jail Felony

b)

Class B Misdemeanor

c)

3rd Degree Felony

d)

Class A Misdemeanor

11.

What US Supreme Court case acknowledged that an anonymous, uncorroborated tip can be used as the basis for a stop and/or search for weapons if the tip has a sufficient level of detail to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

a)

Engel v. Vitale

b)

Navarette v California

c)

Goss v. Lopez

d)

Cooper v. Aaron

12.

Crime Stoppers tips must generally be corroborated or verified through other sources when obtaining a warrant, and indeed to preserve anonymity under the law, must generally not be included in the submitted evidence at all.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is the penalty for Misused information

a)

Class A Misdemeanor

b)

State Jail Felony

c)

Class C Misdemeanor

d)

Fine 1,000 or imprisonment of a year

14.

The Texas Crime Stoppers Council members are appointed by the ______ and are required to represent a variety of relevant viewpoints, including a law enforcement coordinator.

a)

President

b)

District Attorney

c)

Governor

d)

Mayor

15.

_______ Is term referring to the situation where an informant who has already given law enforcement officials

a)

Channeling

b)

Conveying

c)

Transmit

d)

Funneling

16.

Funneling is not a _______ way of receiving a Crime Stoppers

a)

Legal

b)

Appropriate

c)

Safe

d)

Acceptable

17.

Crime Stoppers organizations may only forward tips to _________ regarding school-related non-criminal behavior that does not constitute a danger to public safety or an individual.

a)

School District Employees

b)

Assigned Principle and Staff

c)

Authorized School Staff

d)

School Volunteer Group

18.

_______ Æthelberht's code outlines an elaborate series of payments, connected with the notion of leodgeld – or wergild (a man's price, or blood-price), through which kindred could be compensated by the initial wrongdoer for injuries resulting from robberies, brawls or fights

a)

Frankpledge

b)

Tithe

c)

Hundred

d)

Wergild

19.

_________ was an official position which began in Saxon times, when the reeve was empowered to hold court and try local civil and criminal matters.

a)

Shire

b)

Hundred

c)

Shire Reeve

d)

None of the answers are correct

20.

_______ is ten + thing, which is to say, a thing (an assembly) of the households who live in an area that comprises ten hides

a)

Hundred

b)

Tithe

c)

Wergild

d)

Shire

21.

_______ is the body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

a)

Flrankpledge

b)

Shire

c)

Tithe

d)

Common law

22.

The word SHIRE, denoting an "official charge" a "district under a governor", and a "care". In UK usage, shire became synonymous with county, an administrative term introduced to England through the Norman Conquest, in A.D. 1066.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The Norman King, ________, (1066AD) quickly modified the mutual pledge system to aid in the consolidation of his power.

a)

Proto -Germanic

b)

Henry Fielding

c)

Robert Peel

d)

William the Conqueror

24.

__________ Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Act 1829, which prompted a rigorous and less discretionary approach to law enforcement.

a)

Mayor

b)

Governor

c)

Home Secretary

d)

Counselor

25.

In _____ an Act of _______ was passed "for better regulating the Night Watch" of the City of London which specified the number of paid constables that should be on duty each night.

a)

1973 Metropolitan

b)

1970 Parliamentary

c)

1737 Parliament

d)

1675 Confederacy

26.

Henry Fielding established the Bow Street Runners in______.

a)

1675

b)

1879

c)

1949

d)

1749

27.

By the end of the _______, the constable system had developed into the system of rural law enforcement common to all of England.

a)

1900-1940s

b)

1900s

c)

13th Century

d)

None of the answers are correct

28.

Which of the following is NOT part of Robert Peels 9 Policing Principles?

a)

To seek and preserve public favor by not pandering to public opinion

b)

To use physical force only when persuasion and is not sufficient. Seek and preserve public favor

c)

To prevent crime and prevent crime and disorder and secure and maintain Respect

d)

To Prompt a more discretionary approach and engage with community more offten

29.

The members of the tithing, by a system known as_______

a)

Sire Reeve

b)

Tithe

c)

Frankpledge

d)

Leodgeld

30.

In England a hundred was the division of a shire for military and judicial purposes under the common law, which could have varying extent of common feudal ownership, from complete suzerainty to minor royal or ecclesiastical prerogatives and rights of ownership.

a)

True

b)

Flase

31.

America has it roots in European methods. Which one of the following is NOT part of the concepts

a)

Bobby

b)

Municipality

c)

Common law

d)

Sherif

32.

the "Watch," or private-for-profit policing, which is called "_________” (Spitzer, 1979).

a)

The Big Stick

b)

Constables

c)

Enforcement Officers

d)

Watchmen

33.

The first formal slave patrol was created in the Carolina colonies in 1704 (Reichel 1992). Slave patrols had three primary functions, which of the following is not one of them

a)

Chase down/apprehend and return to slave owners

b)

Bring slaves before Magistrate to punish and brand

c)

Provide organized terror to prevent slave revolts

d)

Maintain discipline for slave workers subject to summary justice

34.

Who was known as the “Father of Texas”

a)

Sir Robert Peel

b)

Stephen F. Austin

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Henry Fielding

35.

Texas became a free and independent republic after the Battle of ________ in 1836

a)

Gettysburg

b)

San Guadalupe

c)

San Austin

d)

San Jacinto

36.

All Rangers are involved in criminal investigations, no matter how high they climb in the hierarchy

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The Texas Rangers are a division within the ___________.

a)

Department of Homeland Security

b)

Texas Department Of Transportation

c)

Texas department of Public Safety

d)

Texas Federal Government Department

38.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Traditional Police Service Model

a)

Citizen and Employee Expectation

b)

Reactive Specialized units

c)

Use of Criminal justice system

d)

Incident Driven