Community Policing Final Exam (2025) – Comprehensive Study Guide and Exam
Revision Material
Movement to initiate policing began in? - correct answer ✔✔New York City
Who was instrumental in the development of the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 - correct
answer ✔✔Sir Robert Peel
Beat officers are vital for our safety because of the following reasons - correct answer ✔✔1.
They know their neighborhoods
2. They can provide shelter and protection for key policymakers
3. They develop trusted local sources
Peel's initial efforts to gain support for full time, paid police officers were readily accepted. T/F -
correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Community policing can be tracked back to Peels philosophy on which he built his police in 1829
T/F - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
During the "Professional Model" of policing, police organizations became law enforcement
agencies, with the sole goal of controlling crime. T/F - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
Under Community Policing, officers need do nothing more than walk a beat or ride a bicycle T/F
- correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Building partnerships between citizens and police- through COPS- is a part of a larger
community-building movement that requires - correct answer ✔✔Higher levels of trust and
engagement
, What has helped increase problem solving efforts? - correct answer ✔✔1. Making city services
more accessible
2. Developing neighborhood based governing organizations
3. Increasing citizen volunteers in government agencies
Four R's that citizens want from their police are: - correct answer ✔✔Reliability, responsible,
reassurance, and results
Role of the community prosecutor - correct answer ✔✔1. Work with police to identify problems
2. Attent meetings of community groups
3. Know of COPPS efforts in the area
Restorative justice includes - correct answer ✔✔1. Repairing harm to victims
2. Reducing risk from offenders
3. Building community
A sense of community usually comes from - correct answer ✔✔1. A historical place, building, or
event
2. Connected groups within the community
3 Good schools and low crime rates
Community corrections programs are usually run by - correct answer ✔✔Parole and probation
agencies
Generally speaking, communities cannot police themselves; they must depend on their police
department T/F - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Revision Material
Movement to initiate policing began in? - correct answer ✔✔New York City
Who was instrumental in the development of the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 - correct
answer ✔✔Sir Robert Peel
Beat officers are vital for our safety because of the following reasons - correct answer ✔✔1.
They know their neighborhoods
2. They can provide shelter and protection for key policymakers
3. They develop trusted local sources
Peel's initial efforts to gain support for full time, paid police officers were readily accepted. T/F -
correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Community policing can be tracked back to Peels philosophy on which he built his police in 1829
T/F - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
During the "Professional Model" of policing, police organizations became law enforcement
agencies, with the sole goal of controlling crime. T/F - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
Under Community Policing, officers need do nothing more than walk a beat or ride a bicycle T/F
- correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Building partnerships between citizens and police- through COPS- is a part of a larger
community-building movement that requires - correct answer ✔✔Higher levels of trust and
engagement
, What has helped increase problem solving efforts? - correct answer ✔✔1. Making city services
more accessible
2. Developing neighborhood based governing organizations
3. Increasing citizen volunteers in government agencies
Four R's that citizens want from their police are: - correct answer ✔✔Reliability, responsible,
reassurance, and results
Role of the community prosecutor - correct answer ✔✔1. Work with police to identify problems
2. Attent meetings of community groups
3. Know of COPPS efforts in the area
Restorative justice includes - correct answer ✔✔1. Repairing harm to victims
2. Reducing risk from offenders
3. Building community
A sense of community usually comes from - correct answer ✔✔1. A historical place, building, or
event
2. Connected groups within the community
3 Good schools and low crime rates
Community corrections programs are usually run by - correct answer ✔✔Parole and probation
agencies
Generally speaking, communities cannot police themselves; they must depend on their police
department T/F - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
