What are the requirements to become a police officer? Do you believe they are reasonable?

What will be an ideal response?


The police officer selection process is complicated, involving numerous steps. Requirements vary by police organization. Police departments have adopted a variety of residency requirements. Police departments have vision requirements Drug use standards refer to the amount of drugs that an applicant has consumed in the past. Driving standards vary among different departments. Police departments conduct criminal background checks. The entry-level written test generally is the first step in the selection process after a review of minimum standards, and about 80 percent of departments use a written test. Physical agility is an important part of a police officer's job. Police departments frequently have height-weight standards as part of the physical agility standards. Once the written test and the physical agility test are concluded, the department will perform a background or character examination. If applicants pass the above tests, many police departments will interview them using an oral interview board format. A number of departments are now using a writing test.

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Between 1950 and 1980 in the U.S., interest rates trended upward. During this same time period

A) the rate of money growth declined. B) the rate of money growth increased. C) the government budget deficit (expressed as a percentage of GNP) trended downward. D) the aggregate price level declined quite dramatically.

Economics

According to monetary theories of the business cycle, fluctuations are

a. independent of the banking system. b. more prevalent in countries with modern banking systems. c. more prevalent in agricultural countries. d. less prevalent in those countries with modern banking systems.

Economics

What is creeping inflation?

a. Inflation that continues to rise but slowly. b. Inflation that suddenly appears without warning. c. Price levels that suddenly rise without warning. d. Price levels that continue to rise but slowly. e. Inflation that suddenly appears and creates panic.

Economics

It can take many months or even more than a year to begin a(n) _______________ fiscal policy after a recession has started.

a. contractionary b. exploratory c. aggressive d. expansionary

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