Chapter 4: Policing Functions and Units

SWAT

SWAT

________: Units that are equipped to handle high- risk situations that normal officers would not be able to handle.

DARE

________ (Drug Abuse Resistance Education): These are officer lead lessons that are used to bring awareness to drug abuse and its effects.

Generalists

________: These are officers who carry out all operations functions.

Matrix

________ Structures: Officers have a specific role inside a unit.

Decoy Operations

________: When an officer poses as a victim of a crime to catch the suspect.

Vertical Differentiation

________: The nature of the hierarchy, including the number of command layers and the social distance between layers.

Interim Order

________: This is an example of a police policy.

Entrapment

________ or Agent Provocateur: When an officer encourages a person to commit a crime that they would not have originally committed.

directive

A written ________ that tells officers what to do or not do.

Horizontal Differentiation

________: The spread of the organization within its jurisdiction.

Organizational Chart

________: Reflects the formal structure of a police department.

Blending:

When officers have to blend in with their environment and people around them.

Hierarchy

________: The ranking of law enforcement department officers that is usually used to create an organizational chart.

Quasi military

________: This is a strict model of power and control going from top to bottom and it is made from chains of command and clear division of rank.

Middle Management

________: Refers to the captains and lieutenants.

Flattening

Eliminating rank to reduce excessive bureaucracy.

Span of Control

________: The number of people a person with a higher rank (supervisor) can handle while working efficiently.

Policy

________: Specific statements that are used to regulate and guide individual behavior.

Research and Planning Division

________: Provide officers with information on the social, economical, and political conditions of the community.

Crisis Investigative Teams

________: This team is used when dealing with the mentally ill.

Division

________: This is a group of people who share similar responsibilities for a specific function.

Records Unit

________: Maintain all records such as arrest reports, incident reports, accident reports, interrogation transcripts, witness statements, etc.

Command

________: Refers to the chief and deputy chiefs.

Functional Structures

________: Units have multiple responsibilities and purposes.

Crisis Investigative Teams

This team is used when dealing with the mentally ill

Policing Goals

These are a set of ideals that a department wants to meet they also help give officers a purpose

Mission Statement

It is usually short so that officers will remember it and it is used to describe the overall purpose of a department

Values

Set of core beliefs and concerns of the department

Policy

Specific statements that are used to regulate and guide individual behavior

Interim Order

This is an example of a police policy

Organizational Chart

Reflects the formal structure of a police department

Hierarchy

The ranking of law enforcement department officers that is usually used to create an organizational chart

Generalists

These are officers who carry out all operations functions

Quasi-military

This is a strict model of power and control going from top to bottom and it is made from chains of command and clear division of rank

Command

Refers to the chief and deputy chiefs

Middle Management

Refers to the captains and lieutenants

Line Personnel

Refers to patrol officers

Vertical Differentiation

The nature of the hierarchy, including the number of command layers and the social distance between layers

Tall Organizations

Organizations with many layers

Span of Control

The number of people a person with a higher rank (supervisor) can handle while working efficiently

Horizontal Differentiation

The spread of the organization within its jurisdiction

Flattening

Eliminating rank to reduce excessive beauracracy

Functional Structures

Units have multiple responsibilities and purposes

Matrix Structures

Officers have a specific role inside a unit

Division

This is a group of people who share similar responsibilities for a specific function

Unit

These are groups that are made within a division

Records Unit

Maintain all records such as arrest reports, incident reports, accident reports, interrogation transcripts, witness statements, etc

Research and Planning Division

Provide officers with information on the social, economical, and political conditions of the community

Public Information Unit

Communicate with the media about updates on news or anything they want the public to know about

Covert/Undercover Operations

When an officer takes on a false identity to obtain evidence of criminal activity

Sting Operations

Undercover officers pose as buyers of illegal items to find the source

Reverse sting operation

Officers pose as the drug dealer or the seller to find people who are purchasing illegal items

Decoy Operations

When an officer poses as a victim of a crime to catch the suspect

Blending

When officers have to blend in with their environment/people around them

Entrapment or Agent Provocateur

When an officer encourages a person to commit a crime that they would not have originally committed

SWAT

Units that are equipped to handle high-risk situations that normal officers would not be able to handle

Hostage Negotiation Techniques

These techniques help in situations where a hostage is taken and they are used to help law enforcement communicate with the criminal without there being a high risk of something going wrong

School liaison Officers

These officers are signed to high schools to investigate any crime that takes place

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)

These are officer lead lessons that are used to bring awareness to drug abuse and its effects

GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training)

This is a community lead approach that is used to teach kids about gangs to reduce gang involvement and behavior

Canine Units (k9)

This is the use of dogs to help with drug investigations or track someone down through their sense of smell