Policing Systems Exam 1 (With A+ Graded answers)

In order to maintain order and enforce the law, police must be granted the right to intervene in the daily affairs of private citizens (T or F) correct answers True Police provide far more than law enforcement to the communities they serve and devote a relatively small portion of their time to law enforcement activities (T or F) correct answers True American police personnel are employed at the international, federal, state, county, and municipal levels (T or F) correct answers True _______________ have the responsibility for traffic enforcement on highways, particularly in areas outside the city or township limits correct answers State Police Customs and Border Protection is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (T or F) correct answers True The terms "police officer" and "law enforcement officer" are interchangeable, as the majority of a police officer's time is spent detecting and apprehending criminals (T or F) correct answers False In 1789, United States Marshals were the first police established for the purpose of enforcing directives of the federal courts (T OR F) correct answers True According to data from the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2008, there were how many full-time sworn police officers in the United States? correct answers 765,000 Some police agencies have no full-time sworn personnel and instead hire a number of part-time officers or contract with outside agencies to provide their police services (T or F) correct answers True