Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Policing Methods MCQs. We encourage you to test your Policing Methods knowledge by answering these 30+ multiple-choice questions provided below.
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A. Cost
B. Image
C. Privacy
D. Ease of use
A. Collaborative
B. Objectively reasonable
C. Effective for crime reduction
D. Secretive
A. True
B. False
A. True
B. False
A. Section 1983 lawsuits
B. Intentional torts
C. Community policing
D. Consent decrees
A. Accidental
B. Intentional
C. Constitutional
D. Negligence
A. An officer uses a nightstick to beat a sleeping citizen unconscious.
B. An officer shoots a suspect who is pointing a firearm at him or her.
C. An officer uses a stun device on a citizen who is not listening to officer commands.
D. An officer uses a control hold while attempting to handcuff a suspect.
A. A consequence of numerous lawsuits against police agencies
B. A result of more in-service training at police agencies
C. A proven result of having female police officers
D. A side effect of improved curricula in police academies
A. Fairness to all
B. Voice
C. Transparency and openness of process
D. Impartiality and unbiased decision-making
A. Proximate cause
B. Duty of care
C. Failure to protect
D. Vehicle pursuits
A. Lack of preventative actions
B. Silence of fellow officers
C. Police culture
D. Flawed reporting systems
A. Body-worn cameras on police officers
B. Additional hotlines for civilians to call police stations
C. Dedicated police station Facebook pages
D. Police agency Twitter feeds
A. Vicarious liability
B. Proximate cause
C. Duty of care
D. Failure to protect
A. Crime-fighter
B. Soldier
C. Warrior
D. Protector
A. True
B. False
A. Black Lives Matter
B. Honesty
C. Fraternity
D. All of these
A. Blue Lives Matter
B. Positivist School
C. Science
D. All of these
A. True
B. False
A. Civil Liability
B. Lookouts
C. Touts
D. All of these
A. Consent Decree
B. Calling public works or the police when a problem first arises
C. Covering over graffiti
D. None of these
A. Constitutional Policing
B. Restoration
C. Deterrence
D. None of these
A. True
B. False
A. Failure To Protect
B. Child abuse
C. Human trafficking
D. All of these
A. False Arrest
B. Lack of social norms
C. Strain
D. None of these
A. Legitimacy (Of Police)
B. A social science
C. A science
D. All of these
A. True
B. False
A. Negligence
B. Their sentences are overturned on appeal
C. Are paroled
D. None of these
A. Police Brutality
B. Illegal Guilt
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
A. Procedural Justice
B. Judicial Activism
C. None of these
D. All of these
A. True
B. False
A. Respondeat Superior
B. Industrial schools
C. Halfway houses
D. All of these
A. Section 1983
B. Sergeants
C. Officers
D. All of these
A. Tort
B. Biasness
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
A. True
B. False
A. Vicarious Liability
B. These require a lot of time away from the bench.
C. They reflect negatively on the courtroom work group.
D. All of these