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When officers reach the assessment process in the SARA model of problem-solving, officers:


A) plan further strategic movements
B) evaluate community policing
C) evaluate the effectiveness of the response
D) evaluate incident-driven policing

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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In the 1960s, changes in police management led to the abandonment of:


A) bicycle patrol
B) two-man patrol units
C) foot patrol
D) equestrian patrol

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Using a COPS methamphetamine grant, Salt Lake City established a task force involving more than 30 government agencies working together to prevent the use and production of methamphetamine.

A) True
B) False

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Programs through which officers live in particular communities to strengthen relations between the police and the community are called __________

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Which of the following was not one of the corporate strategies of policing described by the Executive Sessions on Policing?


A) team policing
B) strategic policing
C) community policing
D) problem-solving policing

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Researchers who traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida, to observe changes occurring in police roles and police-community relations after the implementation of community policing found that the citizens seemed satisfied with community policing.

A) True
B) False

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The argument that community preservation, public safety, and order maintenance, not crime fighting, should become the primary focus of police patrol has come to be known as the __________ model approach to policing.

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Define problem-solving policing, and give three specific examples of actual problem-solving policing programs.

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__________ was established to administer the grant money provided by the 1994 Crime Bill and to promote community policing.

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Community-oriented policing strategies have proven successful in:


A) only cities with a population over 50,000
B) only cities with a population over 100,000
C) only cities with a population over 500,000
D) cities of all sizes

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The plan initiated in 1997 allowing police officers to receive 50 percent discounts and low-cost loans to purchase homes in "distressed" areas nationwide was called the __________ program.

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Newark, New Jersey, has been using the broken windows theory for more than 10 years and has seen violent crime cut by nearly ____________________ percent.


A) 43
B) 53
C) 63
D) 73

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Discuss the difference between problem-oriented policing and incident-driven policing.

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The authors of the seminal article "'Broken Windows': Police and Neighborhood Safety" were O. W. Wilson and Wesley K. Skogan.

A) True
B) False

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Texas State University-San Marcos worked with the San Marcos, Texas, Police Department to develop the ____________________ campaign.


A) Achieving Community Together (ACT)
B) Increasing Arrest Rates (IAR)
C) Community Crime Control (CCR)
D) Keeping Campuses Safe (KCF)

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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A __________ is an organization composed of individuals from various federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies in an area through which these individuals facilitate the gathering and sharing of intelligence information and the evaluation of this information.

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Many believe that modern community policing began with James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling's article "'____________________': The Police and Neighborhood Safety."


A) Littered Streets
B) Disordered Communities
C) Broken Windows
D) Dangerous Streets

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Name three of the programs administered and supported by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S. Department of Justice and discuss them.

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The real responsibility for proper police-community relations rests with ____________________.


A) the police chief
B) the city manager
C) every police officer
D) the community relations officer

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following is not one of the most important benefits of community policing, according to the scholar Herman Goldstein?


A) a more realistic acknowledgment of police functions
B) a recognition of the interrelationships among police functions
C) an acknowledgment of the limited capacity of the police to accomplish their jobs on their own and of the importance of an alliance between the police and the public
D) community control of the police

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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