To what extent is community policing and problem solving now practiced in local police agencies in the United States, and to what extent is related training provided?
What will be an ideal response?
According to a survey by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), police agencies with a community policing component now employ about 88 percent of all local police officers. A close examination of survey data reveals that
• about 7 in 10 local police departments (including about 9 in 10 departments serving a population of 25,000 or more) have a mission statement that includes a community policing component;
• a majority of agencies serving 50,000 or more residents actively encourage patrol officer involvement in problem-solving projects;
• most departments serving 25,000 or more residents, including more than 90 percent of those serving a population of 100,000 or more, used geographic beat assignments for patrol officers;
• most departments serving 100,000 or more residents included such projects in the performance evaluation of officers;
• about half of all local police officers are employed by a department that actively encourages officers’ involvement in problem-solving projects.
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The principle difference between the adversarial and inquisitorial systems of justice is the ______.
a. quality of their judiciary b. roles of judges and lawyers c. rules of evidence d. procedural safeguards
Identify challenges for the police posed by special populations
What will be an ideal response?
The ____________ combines both merit appointment and popular election to select judges.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In Florida v. Bostick, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the proper inquiry to make to determine if Bostick was seized by the agents who boarded the bus and searched Bostick’s luggage after Bostick gave them consent to do so is:
a. In light of the totality of the circumstances, would a reasonable person feel free to decline the officer’s request or terminate the police encounter? b. Was there clear and convincing evidence that was seized by the police, and did he give consent for them to search his luggage search to prevent the use of force against him? c. Given the location of the police activity, would a reasonable person have been able to pick up their luggage and leave the bus? d. Was the boarding and searching of the bus of such duration that the police activity constituted a seizure?