CRIMJ 210 - EXAM I QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London,
England? - ANSWERSSir Robert Peel
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. This commission was known as the: -
ANSWERSWickersham Commission.
The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what
city? - ANSWERSBoston
The person known as the father of American policing is: - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court focus on during the 1960s? - ANSWERSindividual
rights
By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen
cities? - ANSWERSPinkerton's National Detective Agency
The largest Indian law enforcement agency is: - ANSWERSNavajo nation.
In late April 2010, the governor of the state of ____________________ signed a bill to
combat illegal immigration, making this the first state to demand that immigrants carry
identity documents legitimizing their presence on American soil. - ANSWERSArizona
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
recommended: - ANSWERSdeveloping a national police retirement system.
Informal job actions by officers in which they refuse to perform certain job functions in
an attempt to win labor concessions from their employers are called: - ANSWERSblue
flu.
Tradition and civil service rules have established the police officer's working day as
____________________ hours. - ANSWERS8
The program that provides an annual compilation of all crimes reported to local police is
called the: - ANSWERSUniform Crime Reports.
Most campus law enforcement agencies have working relationships with: -
ANSWERSlocal law enforcement.
ANSWERS 2026
Who is generally credited with establishing the first police department in London,
England? - ANSWERSSir Robert Peel
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover created the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. This commission was known as the: -
ANSWERSWickersham Commission.
The first organized American police department (1838) in the North was created in what
city? - ANSWERSBoston
The person known as the father of American policing is: - ANSWERSAugust Vollmer.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court focus on during the 1960s? - ANSWERSindividual
rights
By the 1880s, what private national detective agency had offices in nearly two dozen
cities? - ANSWERSPinkerton's National Detective Agency
The largest Indian law enforcement agency is: - ANSWERSNavajo nation.
In late April 2010, the governor of the state of ____________________ signed a bill to
combat illegal immigration, making this the first state to demand that immigrants carry
identity documents legitimizing their presence on American soil. - ANSWERSArizona
The President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice
recommended: - ANSWERSdeveloping a national police retirement system.
Informal job actions by officers in which they refuse to perform certain job functions in
an attempt to win labor concessions from their employers are called: - ANSWERSblue
flu.
Tradition and civil service rules have established the police officer's working day as
____________________ hours. - ANSWERS8
The program that provides an annual compilation of all crimes reported to local police is
called the: - ANSWERSUniform Crime Reports.
Most campus law enforcement agencies have working relationships with: -
ANSWERSlocal law enforcement.
