Community Policing Partnerships for
problem solving: Chapter 10
Synergism - correct answer ✔Occurs when individuals channel their
energies toward a common purpose and accomplish what they could not
accomplish along.
Crime prevention is a large part, in fact a cornerstone, of community policing. -
correct answer ✔True
Traffic problems top the list of concerns of most neighborhoods and
communities. Concerns include speeding in residential areas, street racing,
red-light running, impaired drivers, and no use of seat belts. - correct answer
✔True
Engineering responses to speeding include: - correct answer ✔using traffic
calming, posting warning signs and signals, conducting anti-speeding public
awareness campaigns, informing complainants about actual speeds, and
providing realistic driver training
What is traffic calming? - correct answer ✔Describes a wide range of road
and environmental design changes that either make it more difficult for a
vehicle to speed or make drivers believe they should slow down for safety.
Enforcement responses to reduce speeding include: - correct answer ✔1.
Enforcing speeding laws
2. Enforcing speeding laws with speed cameras or photo radar
3. Using speed display boards
4. Arresting the worst offenders
5. Having citizen volunteers monitor speeding
, What are some ways to reduce the fear of crime with community policing? -
correct answer ✔1. Enhanced foot patrol
2. Vehicle patrol in high-crime areas
3. Citizen patrols
4. Neighborhood cleanup campaigns
5. Community education
6. Awareness programs
7. Substations in troubled neighborhoods
8. Installation of closed-circuit video cameras
What is CPTED? - correct answer ✔Crime prevention through environmental
design
What are 3 major components of CPTED? - correct answer ✔1. Target
hardening
2. Changes to the physical environment
3. Community building
Target Hardening? - correct answer ✔Refers to making potential objectives
of criminals more difficult to obtain through the use of improved locks, alarm
systems, and security cameras.
By emphasizing the systematic analysis of a crime in a particular location,
CPTED directly supports community policing by providing crime prevention
strategies tailored to solve specific problems. - correct answer ✔True
problem solving: Chapter 10
Synergism - correct answer ✔Occurs when individuals channel their
energies toward a common purpose and accomplish what they could not
accomplish along.
Crime prevention is a large part, in fact a cornerstone, of community policing. -
correct answer ✔True
Traffic problems top the list of concerns of most neighborhoods and
communities. Concerns include speeding in residential areas, street racing,
red-light running, impaired drivers, and no use of seat belts. - correct answer
✔True
Engineering responses to speeding include: - correct answer ✔using traffic
calming, posting warning signs and signals, conducting anti-speeding public
awareness campaigns, informing complainants about actual speeds, and
providing realistic driver training
What is traffic calming? - correct answer ✔Describes a wide range of road
and environmental design changes that either make it more difficult for a
vehicle to speed or make drivers believe they should slow down for safety.
Enforcement responses to reduce speeding include: - correct answer ✔1.
Enforcing speeding laws
2. Enforcing speeding laws with speed cameras or photo radar
3. Using speed display boards
4. Arresting the worst offenders
5. Having citizen volunteers monitor speeding
, What are some ways to reduce the fear of crime with community policing? -
correct answer ✔1. Enhanced foot patrol
2. Vehicle patrol in high-crime areas
3. Citizen patrols
4. Neighborhood cleanup campaigns
5. Community education
6. Awareness programs
7. Substations in troubled neighborhoods
8. Installation of closed-circuit video cameras
What is CPTED? - correct answer ✔Crime prevention through environmental
design
What are 3 major components of CPTED? - correct answer ✔1. Target
hardening
2. Changes to the physical environment
3. Community building
Target Hardening? - correct answer ✔Refers to making potential objectives
of criminals more difficult to obtain through the use of improved locks, alarm
systems, and security cameras.
By emphasizing the systematic analysis of a crime in a particular location,
CPTED directly supports community policing by providing crime prevention
strategies tailored to solve specific problems. - correct answer ✔True
