When departmental rules set the boundaries of discretion of police officers, such as indicating situations where police officers can shoot or fire warning shots, it is a way of ________.

A. structuring discretion
B. mandating discretion
C. confining discretion
D. checking discretion


Answer: C

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a. True b. False

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What will be an ideal response?

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