Police Systems and Practices Exam #3 with 100% Correct Answers Latest 2024/2025 Version

What are the three goals of patrol? - Deter crime, reduce fear of crime, provide services Municipal police departments are the- - Backbone of policing Largest component of police operations - Municipal police departments (50-65% of officers) In larger departments patrol assignments are based on ______________ and _______ - Geography and time Deterrence Theory - Based on ideas of certainty, swiftness and severity What are the two dominant methods of patrol? - Vehicle and foot Vehicle - Most dominant method of control, increases ability to cover all areas, major focus is response time Foot - Get to know people and places better, not as cost effective as vehicle patrol What are the key terms of hot spot policing? - Displacement, inverse displacement, initial deterrence, initial deterrence decay, diffusion of benefits Displacement (Hot Spot Policing): - Pushing crime into locations where it did not previously exist (bad) Inverse Displacement (Hot Spot Policing): - Crime returns to original location after police presence ends