Chief Williams is a newly hired police chief in the city of Middletown, which had has suffered through five consecutive years of increasing crime rates. He was hired to implement changes in the police department, the mayor wants to see results, especially a decrease in quality-of-life crimes. The chief was brought in from an outside agency in the hope that he would restructure the police

department.Chief Williams believes that the investigative unit of the police department needs an overhaul. He believes it is important for there to be a unit that enforces morality-based laws. This type of unit is typically referred to as a(n):

A) ?crime squad.
B) ?command squad.
C) ?undercover squad.
D) ?vice squad.
E) ?task force.


D

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