Professional Policing Exam

A philosophical difference between community based policing and traditional approaches is that Traditional modes are incident driven while community based policing is problem solver driven.

• True

• False

American policing began developing in ________ and the criminal justice system began to experience corruption.

• New York, Boston, Tampa

• Boston, Charlottesville, New York

• New York, Boston, and Philadelphia

• Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston

Community policing provides a new way for the police to provide decentralized and personalized police service that offers every law-abiding citizen an opportunity to have no input in the police process.

• True

• False

Difference between Community policing and police-community relations staff function have irregular contact between officer and citizens is what type?

• Community Policing

• Police Community Relations

During the 1900-1940’s, law enforcement personnel especially beat officers were known by the citizens in the areas in which they worked.

• True

• False

During the 1950-1970’s an increase interest in _____________ research became the tool for success measurements

• automobiles

• Evaluation research.

• communications

• none of the above

If an individual is not licensed within ____ years from the date of their successful completion of the licensing exam, the basic licensing course (BPOC) must be repeated.

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 1 year

• 5 years

In the 1980-present, ironically, professionalization of policing had resulted, very often, in emphasis on walking beats and citizens interaction

• True

• False

In what year did the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was established?

• 1900

• 1945

• 1931

• 1875

In which era was the development of community- or problem-oriented policing has opened new potential for progressive policing in agencies using both the traditional model and the problem-oriented model.

• 1950 - 1970

• From 1980 through today

• 1900s - 1950s

• none of the above