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

1. Legitimacy leads people to believe that an authority, such as the police, is entitled to be obeyed.
2. Public perception has no bearing on feelings of legitimacy toward the police.
3. In response to recent grand-jury decisions looking into whether or not to charge police officers involved in the deadly shootings in Ferguson, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio, President Obama created the Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
4. A consent decree is also known as a memorandum of agreement.
5. Body-worn cameras are the product of a broader set of technological advances in policing.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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