POLICE WORK EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET FULL SOLUTION

POLICE WORK EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
SHEET FULL SOLUTION

●● Bobby
Answer: informal term for British foot patrol policeman


●● Watch
Answer: Night patrol policing


●● Ward
Answer: Daytime patrol policing


●● While policing developed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, the
criminal justice system began to:
Answer: experience corruption


●● Developed in the northeastern states
Answer: Watch and ward system


●● Changes to policing from 1900 - 1940
Answer: 1. Automobiles provided more rapid call response

, 2. The advent of radio communications allowed calls to be dispatched to
officers in the field
3. Many officers were reassigned from walking beats to cars.


●● The assignment of officers from walking beats to cars initiated the
____________________ of the police from the individual citizens
through increased mobility.
Answer: distancing


●● From 1900 - 1940, police performance level
____________________ due to rapid response, while actual
____________________ with citizens decreased.
Answer: increased, communications


●● From 1900 - 1940, police performance level increased due to:
Answer: rapid response


●● During this era, law enforcement personnel (especially beat officers)
were known by the citizens in the areas in which they worked
Answer: 1900-1940


●● Beat Officer
Answer: Officers who patrolled primarily on foot