What are the two basic themes that define the core components of community policing?A) Knowledge management and community engagementB) Preventive patrol and reactive criminal investigationsC) Police-community partnerships and proactive problem-solving approach.D) Emphasis on specialization and police-centered solutions to crime prevention2.Which of the following is a true statement regarding community policing and police officer discretion?A) Community policing works best when police administrators maintain closer control on discretionary decision making about addressing crime community problems.B) Community policing works best when police officers have the discretion to make decisions to help solve community problems.C) Community policing works best when police discretion is minimized.D) Community policing works best when community members have more discretionary decision making about addressing crime problems than police officers.3.The unique conglomeration of organizational values, beliefs and expectations that are passed on to newcomers in a police department is known as ________.A) police mind-setB) police cultureC) police subcultureD) police organizational behavior4.Which presidential commission resulted in significant federal funding for police-related programs in the mid-1960s?A) National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and GoalsB) National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of ViolenceC) President’s Commission on Campus UnrestD) President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice5.What significant event first brought into question the effectiveness of police preventive patrols?A) The Kansas City Preventive Patrol StudyB) An article, “Problem-Oriented Policing” by Herman GoldsteinC) The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funding studiesD) An article, “Broken Windows” by George Keeling6.In 1929, what major step did President Hoover take to address the inefficiency and corruption of policing in the United States?A) Establishment of the FBIB) Provided federal funding for professionalizing police agenciesC) The appointment of the Wickersham Commission to study the criminal justice system.D) Development of community policing7.Which of the four dimensions of community policing, as defined by Gary Cordner, emphasizes that community policing is a philosophy rather than a program?A) Tactical dimensionB) Philosophical dimensionC) Organizational dimensionD) Strategic dimension8.What type of strategies does community policing emphasize?A) DeliberateB) Enforcement-orientedC) ProactiveD) Reactive9.Which of the following is a central tenet of community policing?A) Solving crime through the technical and scientific focus of criminalistics.B) Police-centered problem-solving effortsC) A focus on reactive, rapid-response patrolD) Police involvement with and responsiveness to the community.10.Which of the following best describes the importance of police mission statements?A) It reflects a police agency’s commitment to the community it serves as a way to provide positive, meaningful police-community relations as well as to be more effective.B) It provides a specific strategic plan for reducing crimeC) It provides a code of conduct for officersD) It provides a vision statement, specific departmental goals and objectives.11.Who is considered to be the father of American policing?A) August VollmerB) O. W. WilsonC) J. Edgar HooverD) Robert Peel12.Which of the following is the universally accepted definition of community policing?A) Problem solving, community partnerships, preventive interventions and organizational change.B) Partnerships, problem solving and crime preventionC) There is no one universally accepted definition of
