Law 1: Community Oriented Policing

Which of the following involves decentralized policing programs that focus on crime prevention, quality of life in the community, public order, and alternatives to arrest?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Which of the following focuses on solving the underlying problems of delinquency and crime?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

What is not a characteristic of Community-Oriented Policing?

• Focus is on proactive crime prevention rather than emergency response

• Encourages officers to see citizens as partners

• Shifts decision-making and discretion downward to patrol officers

• Less visible

Rapid response is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Crime investigation is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Strategies that promote crime prevention are a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Apprehension of the criminal is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Enforcing law is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Promoting quality of life within the community is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement

Using alternatives to arrests in order to solve criminal activities is a characteristic of which of the following?

• Community Oriented Policing

• Traditional Law Enforcement