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CCJS 340 Exam 2
Terms v. def etc
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Undergraduate 3
10/16/2007

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Primary goals of police
Definition
To Maintain order and then protect life and property. Everything else is secondary.
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If something is being offered for free should it be taken?
Definition
Only if it is needed, nothing is really free.
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COPS Program
Definition
Started by Clint. It was a grant that paid for the first three years of a police officers salary. But afterwards, it left the police force high and dry and forced them to cover the whole salary.
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Polygraph
Definition
Measures Respiratory, electro dermal, and cardiovascular fluctuations in the target.
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CVSA
Definition
The Computer Voice Stress Analyzer. It is entirely more efficient and should be a fourth channel of the polygraphs.
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Codis
Definition
Started in 1990, it is managed by the FBI. It is a local, state and federal database. It has DNA from anything. First index contains crime scene evidence. Second index contains offender data.
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COMPSTAT
Definition
Designed to hold commanders responsible for their actions.It was started under Giuliani
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Testing Bulletproof Clothing
Definition
Should not occur on people. Modern Marvels.
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Job Task Analysis
Definition
Creates job descriptions which contains duties and requirements. To construct this they talk to SMEs who are subject matter experts.
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All bad cops stem from what?
Definition
Poor Background checks.
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What was used to promote NPSCCU
Definition
The hatchet murder, everything was on her compy.
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Ethnic diversity
Definition
Used to appeal to everyone in recruting.
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Point of the paper application
Definition
Encourages self-select-out; gives people the opportunity to realize that they may not be right for police work. Commits everything, it all has to check out, if you get caught in a lie you will not get hired.
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Oral Interview
Definition
The questions must be identical for each and every subject, and must be presented in the same way.
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Background Checks
Definition
Best prediction of future: the past
Term
All background checks should be made in
Definition
person
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Psychological Testing
Definition
Most US departments apply some for of psychological testing in their application process. Some agencies use polygraph, some use voice stress analyzer.
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What type of force are Police authorized to use?
Definition
Nonnegotiable coercive force.
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The first rule of law enforcement.
Definition
Make sure you go home alive, don't take overt risks.
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Police Discretion
Definition
Authority to choose between an assortment of responses to any given situation.
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Two Categories of Force
Definition
Lethal, and less lethal.
Term
Lethal force
Definition
Whenever a firearm is discharged, the force is always labeled lethal.
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Less Lethal Force
Definition
Named such because people can still die from the force applied. IE of the 14 people who got tazed in 3 of them died.
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When is force justified?
Definition
To defend self and others. To move, lead or direct a person to preserve orded or enforce a law. To repel an attack. To terminate resistance.
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Most cops use too much or too little force?
Definition
Too little, they are afraid of legal trouble.
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Use of Force Continuum
Definition
Matching up the amount of force necessary to the situation in question.
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Who is responsible for teaching the officers about force?
Definition
Agencies
Term
Must an officer stick to the escalating list?
Definition
No.
Term
Fleeing Felon Law
Definition
Up until 1985 it was legal to shoot a perp for just running away. It was determined that such a law was in violation of the 4th amendment "seizure" clause.
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When is a firearm permissible?
Definition
If suspect threatens with a weapon or there is probably cause to believe the suspect has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm.
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Training is designed to...
Definition
Simulate real life situation
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Most shooting occur under what terms?
Definition
Two people are less than 10 feet away, 2-3 shots are fired, it lasts for 3-5 seconds.
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