The IACP has developed a model drug testing policy for police managers. The policy suggests four areas police managers could use to meet their needs of a clean department

List and define three of those suggestions and give your opinion on the plusses and minuses of each suggestion.


Testing all applicants and recruits for drug or narcotics use. Testing current employees when performance difficulties or documentation indicates a potential drug problem. Testing cur-rent employees when they are involved in the use of excessive force or when they suffer or cause an on duty injury. Routine testing of all employees assigned to special "high-risk" areas, such as narcotics and vice.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In terms of terrorism, risk perceptions are often accurate as to the actual risk of an attack. 2. In a bioterrorism attack, the number of people sick with the same thing make it immediately very obvious that an attack took place. 3. Many of the agents available for use in a bioterrorism attack (such as anthrax) occur in nature and are very dangerous if one comes into contact with it. 4. Today’s terrorist groups may simply see conventional weapons as incapable of meeting their goals and worth the effort to brave the increased obstacles involved with WMD. 5. The seriousness of a pathogen does not depend on whether it is a bacteria, virus, or toxin.

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All 50 states impose death as a sentence

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Emilie Durkheim believed that crime was an unnatural part of social life

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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