The flexibility the police have in making decisions is called ______.

a. discretion
b. the blue wall
c. the code of silence
d. solidarity


a. discretion

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A court order must be secured for the exhumation or removal of the body of a deceased person from its place of burial

a. True b. False

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Most of the inmates at ________________ institutions are first-time offenders who are nonviolent and well behaved.

A. minimum-security B. medium-security C. maximum-security D. supermax

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The constitutional right to an attorney to represent a defendant is guaranteed in the:

A) Fourth Amendment. B) Sixth Amendment. C) Fifth Amendment. D) Eighth Amendment.

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Suppression tactics by law enforcement include street sweeps and intensified surveillance

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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