Professional Policing TCOLE Rules Test 2023

Which of these concepts came from European police methods. - ANSWER Foot patrol, Sheriff, County The "watch and ward" system of policing began in the... - ANSWER Northern States The "watch" was ______-patrol. - ANSWER nighttime The "ward" was ______-patrol. - ANSWER daytime American policing began developing in ________ and the criminal justice system began to experience corruption. - ANSWER New York, Boston, Philadelphia August Vollmers' goal was to... - ANSWER professionalize police _____________ introduced the London Metropolitan Police Act, and created the first uniformed police force. - ANSWER Sir Robert Peel The oldest office in law enforcement dates back to the Anglo-Saxons, it is the... - ANSWER Sheriff In Texas' first 100 years of Mexican rule, it was policed by the... - ANSWER Spanish Military Texas became a free and independent republic in_____. - ANSWER 1836 The Texas Rangers were created in ______. - ANSWER 1823 The oldest form of Local Policing in Texas, is the... - ANSWER City Marshal Oldest State Police in the U.S. is... - ANSWER Texas Rangers Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education was created in... - ANSWER 1965 TCOLE sets minimum standards for appointment... - ANSWER Peace Officers, County Jailers, Armed Public Security Officers TCOLE first began certification of peace officers in... - ANSWER 1970 There are over ______licensed peace officers in Texas in 1999. - ANSWER 70,000Since August 5th, 1823 there have been __peace officers killed in the line of duty, in Texas. - ANSWER 815 and counting Who created the Texas Rangers? - ANSWER Stephen F. Austin Which battle made Texas a free republic? - ANSWER Battle at San Jacinto In the era 's what began distancing the police from the citizens?