POLICE WORK FINAL PAPER GRADED A
PLUS VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION
●● some of the "near future" challenges to law enforcement officers
include:
Answer: local and transnational criminals engaging in more elaborate
schemes, the increased movement of money through sophisticated local
and international communication systems, and the migration of criminal
enterprises to terrorist-related activities
●● Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards noted:
Answer: the number of crimes associated with technology, such as
identity theft, has dramatically expanded the responsibilities of police
over the past 15 years.
●● Three main basic police functions:
Answer: crime prevention, law enforcement, and order maintenance
●● only a small amount of officers time is spent responding to:
Answer: serious crimes
, ●● patrol officers responsibilities in large municipal police departments
include:
Answer: patrol, traffic enforcement, community relations, criminal
investigation, warrant service and property control, narcotics
investigation, identification, intervening in domestic violence situations,
civil process, vice investigation, dispatching, bail/court officer and other
duties
●● police functions in many agencies:
Answer: preservation of public peace, protection of the rights of persons
and property, prevention of crime, detection and arrest of those breaking
the law, enforcement and prevention of violations of state laws and city
ordinances, service of processes and notices in civil and criminal
proceedings.
●● order maintenance
Answer: describes the police maintaining the status quo by using
interventions with short-term effects to keep society stable and
functioning by acceptable rules. Can involve activity that is at the same
time necessary and controversial. Its necessary because the community
dislikes disorder and controversial because the police often use some
form of coercion or force.
●● Broken Window Theory
Answer: a theory stating that neighborhood social disorder causes a
decline of the overall condition of the neighborhood, which leads to
PLUS VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION
●● some of the "near future" challenges to law enforcement officers
include:
Answer: local and transnational criminals engaging in more elaborate
schemes, the increased movement of money through sophisticated local
and international communication systems, and the migration of criminal
enterprises to terrorist-related activities
●● Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards noted:
Answer: the number of crimes associated with technology, such as
identity theft, has dramatically expanded the responsibilities of police
over the past 15 years.
●● Three main basic police functions:
Answer: crime prevention, law enforcement, and order maintenance
●● only a small amount of officers time is spent responding to:
Answer: serious crimes
, ●● patrol officers responsibilities in large municipal police departments
include:
Answer: patrol, traffic enforcement, community relations, criminal
investigation, warrant service and property control, narcotics
investigation, identification, intervening in domestic violence situations,
civil process, vice investigation, dispatching, bail/court officer and other
duties
●● police functions in many agencies:
Answer: preservation of public peace, protection of the rights of persons
and property, prevention of crime, detection and arrest of those breaking
the law, enforcement and prevention of violations of state laws and city
ordinances, service of processes and notices in civil and criminal
proceedings.
●● order maintenance
Answer: describes the police maintaining the status quo by using
interventions with short-term effects to keep society stable and
functioning by acceptable rules. Can involve activity that is at the same
time necessary and controversial. Its necessary because the community
dislikes disorder and controversial because the police often use some
form of coercion or force.
●● Broken Window Theory
Answer: a theory stating that neighborhood social disorder causes a
decline of the overall condition of the neighborhood, which leads to
