Police Role Midterm

most police departments are

local

women account for what percent of personnel?

11.9%

what state does not have a state police department?

Hawaii

the FBI is governed by who?

the Department of Justice

what is part of the DOJ

the ATF, bureau of tobacco, alcohol, and firearms

who is responsible for counterfeit money?

secret service

Who is the father of American policing?

August Vollmer

who established the Bow Street Runners?

Henry Fielding

who established the first police force in England?

Sir Robert Peel

where was the first organized American police force?

Boston

Dred Scott v. Sandford

argued that slaves are property and cannot sue for freedom even on free land

Judiciary Act, 1789

established the federal court system, defined jurisdiction, and the qualifications of judges

the first state police agency was the

Texas Rangers

what private national detection agency had offices in 24 cities

Pinkerton

Volstead Act, 1919

prohibited the sale and creation of alcohol everywhere

Temperance women

complained about abusive alcoholic men

organized crime came from where?

people resorting to getting alcohol illegally

who was the longest director of the FBI

Edgar Hoover

what law give law enforcement the right to search, seize, detain, or eavesdrop in their pursuit of terroism?

USA Patriot Act

police comes from the Latin word politia meaning

civil administration

Mapp v. Ohio

exclusionary rule, 4th amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by police

Escobedo v. Illinois

right to counsel at police investigations

Miranda v. Arizona

requirement to read suspects their constitutional rights

in order to read Miranda rights, what two things need to happen

the suspect must be in custody and be ready to question

Frank Serpico

detective in the 70s, known as a snitch; colleagues tried to kill him and he made a formal complaint

Knapp Commission

formed to investigate corruption in New York and clean it up

when was the most turbulent era of policing

1960-1970

in 1991 what LA incident inflamed police community relations?

the Rodney King beating; police stunned him and attacked him with batons, a bystander filmed this

the U.S. had no national police force (T/F)

true

where is the largest county police department?

Miami, Florida (3,120)

law enforcement in what state have little backup rescue because of how vast it is?

Wyoming

what state has the largest amount of officers?

New York Police Department

what percent of police departments have 25 or fewer officers?

87%

what is the largest Native American police department?

Navaho

what state employs the most police officers?

California

what is the main job of the secret service

protecting the president

what is the police structure int he U.S.?

quasi military

the police are paramilitary (T/F)

false

How does the police chain of command go?

patrol - sergeant - lieutenant - captain -major - chief

who is the first supervisor in command?

sergeant

the typical police officer is ____ educated than before

more

physical agility is discriminatory against who?

females

what percent of police departments require a polygraph for applicants?

26%

Dothard v. Rawlinson

police departments can’t discriminate based on height or weight for applicants

what stage of the applying to the police have the most lawsuits?

written test

PD require no ______ but a _____

college; GED

police role is ambiguous (T/F)

true

use of force continuum

a set of guidelines that help law enforcement officers decide how much force to use in a given situation

praetorian gaurd

select group of highly qualified members of the military established by the Roman emperor Augustus to protect him and his palace

Vigiles

Early Roman firefighters who also patrolled Rome’s streets to protect citizens

constable

an official assigned to keep the peace in the mutual pledge system in England

watch and ward

a rudimentary form of policing designed to protect against crime, disturbances, and fire; all men were required to serve on it

Peel’s Nine Priniples

basic guidelines created by Sir Robert Peel for the Metropolitan Police

beat system

created by Sir Robert Peel for the Metropolitan Police, officers were assigned to relatively small permanent posts

slave patrols

created during colonial times to control slaves and support the Southern economic system of slavery

Wickersham Commission

published the first national study of the U.S. criminal justice system

Pendleton Act

a federal law that established a civil service system that tested, appointed, and promoted officers on a merit system

Department of Homeland Security

federal cabinet department established after 9/11

local control

the formal and informal use of local forms of government and measures to deter abhorrent behaviors

centralized model of state law enforcement

combines the duties of major criminal investigations with the patrol of state highways

decentralized model of state law enforcement

a clear distinction between traffic enforcement on state highways and other state-level law enforcement functions

National Institute of Justice

the research arm of the U.S. Justice Department

NIBRS

presents detailed information about crime incidents to law enforcement, researchers, and governmental planners and the general public

proprietary security

security services provided by the organization or company itself

bureaucracy

an organizational model marked by hierarchy, promotion on professional merit and skill, the development of a career serice, reliance on and the use of rules and regulations and impersonality of relationships among career professionals in bureaucracy and with their clientele

quasi-military

an organization similar to the military along structures of strict authority and reporting relations

squad

a group of officers who generally work together all the time under the supervision of a particular sergeant

platoon

all of the people working on a particular tour or shift

reserve officer

police officers who only serve as needed

lateral transfers

the ability and opportunity to transfer from one police department to another

police cadet

non-sworn law enforcement position for young adults over the age of 18; part-ime, paid, for students interested in moving into a law enforcement career

emotional intelligence

the ability to interpret, understand, and manage one’s own and other’s emotions

physical agility test

a test of physical fitness to determine if a candidate has the strength and endurance needed to perform the job of a police officer

fleeing felon doctrine

allowed police to use deadly force to apprehend a fleeing felon; TN v. Garner ended this

what is the 4th amendment?

protects people from unreasonable search and seizures

an example of operations division example

patrol

the police strike of 1919 occurred in what city?

Boston

the captain is answerable to the

major

operations

activities performed in direct assistance to the public

power of the police is limited by state laws and _____

Bill of Rights