DCJS Final Exam with Verified
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5 Themes of LEO - ✔✔1. Safety
2. Integrity & Professionalism
3. Sanctity of Life
4. Communication
5. Distance + Cover = Time
Oath - ✔✔Article 6 (taken in front of the people) ; Abide by the Constitution.
Social Contract Theory - ✔✔- People submit themselves to a political authority in order to live
in a civil society and a person's obligations are dependent on a contract or agreement to form a
society
- Our criminal laws and codification of our social contract.
- our system of government is based on public acceptance and voluntary compliance, not strict
enforcement of the law.
- not possible to effectively enforce laws that the majority doesn't support.
Sources of Information - ✔✔- Code of Virginia
- Magistrates handbook
- Department of justice
-State of VA.
,Cultural Intelligence - ✔✔to be aware of the values, beliefs. attitudes, and body language of
people from different cultures.
Advantages/Tactics of Cultural Intelligence - ✔✔- helps officers
- keeps an open mind
- attend community meetings at various locations
- watch peoples of different cultures interact, body language
- research history of cultures
When and By who was modern policing established? - ✔✔By Sir Robert Peel in 1829
3 eras of policing - ✔✔Political, Reform, Community
Political Era (1840s-1930s) - ✔✔- policing closely linked to politics
- most officers were appointed as a reward for political support
- perceived as corrupt - keystone
Reform Era (1930-1980s) - ✔✔- progressive era
- removed political influence from police operations
- new technology
- civil rights era
Community Era (1980s- Present) - ✔✔- problem solving, including members of the community
- proactive, not reactive
- community policing or community oriented policing
Branches of Government - ✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
, Legislative Branch - ✔✔makes laws
Executive Branch - ✔✔administers laws
Judicial Branch - ✔✔rules on the laws
3 elements of the criminal justice system? - ✔✔- courts
- cops
- corrections
Purpose of line up/role call - ✔✔- allows communication between shifts
- duty assignments
- current events/information
- questions/clarifications
- allows shift to bond
Patrol - ✔✔the action of moving about an area for the purpose of observation or security.
patrol techniques - ✔✔- patrol
- foot
- bicycle
- horse
- k9
- motorcycle
Methods of Vehicle/Motorcycle patrol - ✔✔- block
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5 Themes of LEO - ✔✔1. Safety
2. Integrity & Professionalism
3. Sanctity of Life
4. Communication
5. Distance + Cover = Time
Oath - ✔✔Article 6 (taken in front of the people) ; Abide by the Constitution.
Social Contract Theory - ✔✔- People submit themselves to a political authority in order to live
in a civil society and a person's obligations are dependent on a contract or agreement to form a
society
- Our criminal laws and codification of our social contract.
- our system of government is based on public acceptance and voluntary compliance, not strict
enforcement of the law.
- not possible to effectively enforce laws that the majority doesn't support.
Sources of Information - ✔✔- Code of Virginia
- Magistrates handbook
- Department of justice
-State of VA.
,Cultural Intelligence - ✔✔to be aware of the values, beliefs. attitudes, and body language of
people from different cultures.
Advantages/Tactics of Cultural Intelligence - ✔✔- helps officers
- keeps an open mind
- attend community meetings at various locations
- watch peoples of different cultures interact, body language
- research history of cultures
When and By who was modern policing established? - ✔✔By Sir Robert Peel in 1829
3 eras of policing - ✔✔Political, Reform, Community
Political Era (1840s-1930s) - ✔✔- policing closely linked to politics
- most officers were appointed as a reward for political support
- perceived as corrupt - keystone
Reform Era (1930-1980s) - ✔✔- progressive era
- removed political influence from police operations
- new technology
- civil rights era
Community Era (1980s- Present) - ✔✔- problem solving, including members of the community
- proactive, not reactive
- community policing or community oriented policing
Branches of Government - ✔✔Legislative, Executive, Judicial
, Legislative Branch - ✔✔makes laws
Executive Branch - ✔✔administers laws
Judicial Branch - ✔✔rules on the laws
3 elements of the criminal justice system? - ✔✔- courts
- cops
- corrections
Purpose of line up/role call - ✔✔- allows communication between shifts
- duty assignments
- current events/information
- questions/clarifications
- allows shift to bond
Patrol - ✔✔the action of moving about an area for the purpose of observation or security.
patrol techniques - ✔✔- patrol
- foot
- bicycle
- horse
- k9
- motorcycle
Methods of Vehicle/Motorcycle patrol - ✔✔- block
