Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If officer backup is far away or not available, the threat assessment may be higher than if backup were immediately available.
2. The “edged weapon defense” holds that a person is not a threat until they are within 10 feet of the officer.
3. When well-meaning officers charge into situations from which they can then extricate themselves only using force, it is an example of unnecessary force.
4. Brutality may be a good-faith police mistake.
5. The type of force most likely to result in injury to officers is bodily force.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. false
5. True
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There are three nonjudicial remedies available for police misconduct: internal review, civilian review, and mediation
a. True b. False
The authors believe that policing is now in an "information age" rather than an "information era" because:
a. Technology alone does not prevent crime. b. The new information is used as a collection of tools to improve community policing. c. The police are currently driven and judged by data. d. New technologies do not give citizens the ability to prevent crime and address disorder.
What crime does the public fear the most?
a. violent crime b. rape c. kidnapping d. murder
You are an advocate of legalizing drugs. What is one argument you might make in support of your position?
a. The reduced association between drug use and crime is short-lived. b. Legalizing drugs would increase people's dependency on the government once they become addicted. c. The price and quality of drugs can be controlled if they are legalized. d. Legalizing drugs will encourage nonusers to try them.