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1. All of the following are considered “participatory style” styles of leadership except:
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2. According to the text, the transition to community policing is made easier by
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3. Those individuals who embrace uncertainty and change are called
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4. Which of the following is not a likely benefit of implementing community policing?
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5. According to the text, community policing will require a change in
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6. According to the text, an organization with fewer lieutenants and captains, fewer staff departments, fewer staff assistants, more sergeants, and more patrol officers is an example of an organization that is
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7. In the context of community policing efforts, a critical mass is
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8. According to the text, which of the following is/are a concern(s) voiced by police unions about community policing?
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9. When introducing any innovation, the most difficult “adopters” to convince are the
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10. What is among the most important considerations in successfully implementing the community policing philosophy?
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11. According to the text, this department document will be different for each department and must be tailored to reflect the personnel within the department.
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12. When implementing the community policing philosophy, the proper order of steps to take is:
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13. When comparing community and team policing, both have
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14. Which of the following is true regarding a strategic plan?
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15. Skills needed by officers in a problem-oriented police environment are
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16. While all skills are important to a law enforcement officer, according to the text, all of the following skills are among the most important in the training of community policing officers except:
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17. When each individual has a voice in decisions, but top management retains the ultimate decision-making authority, this style of management is called ________ leadership.
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18. If officer retention is to be maintained and loyalty and morale preserved and heightened, officers must be
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19. Flat organizations have
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20. Departments that have successfully implemented community policing generally have
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21. Although there has not been a “standardized” organizational structure in law enforcement, the organizational structure of traditional law enforcement has been
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22. Team policing and community policing can share the following characteristics except:
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23. The most important consideration in selecting strategies to implement community policing is
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24. A needs assessment should include
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25. As the text states, the individual who has been given authority and enabled to make decisions has
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26. According to the text, evaluating the effectiveness of community policing requires that
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27. The text definition of participatory leadership means that management
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28. Under a traditional police management structure, command officers and supervisors have complete authority over
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29. A number of skills are needed by police officers in the problem-oriented policing environment; these include all of the following except:
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30. Strategic planning is focused on what type of goals?
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31. According to the text, measuring the results of crime prevention efforts are
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32. One strategy suggested by the text includes assignment of officers to permanent beats and teaching them
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33. The text lists what web-based resource as a way to correct the inaccurate image of police?
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34. When analyzing the factors that impede implementing community policing, research found few obstacles to be community related.
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35. One of the benefits to the community of implementing community policing includes a reduction in crime.
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36. Decentralization goes hand-in-hand with empowerment.
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37. Community resistance is a transition impediment to COP implementation.
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38. Community policing will require a change in management style, mission statement, and department organization.
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39. The smallest number of citizens and organizations needed to support and sustain a community policing initiative is called critical mass.
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40. The Community Policing Consortium recommends that the entire workforce be directly involved in the visioning and planning processes.
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41. According to the text, direct interaction with citizens is required for police to develop a comprehensive picture of their community.
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42. Resistance to change is one of the most serious and difficult issues to face in a transition.
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43. Community policing brings police closer to the people, building relationships between police and community and among community members themselves.
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44. Decentralization is an operating principle that discourages flattening of the organization.
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45. When implementing a department’s vision statement, those who have been antagonistic to the change process should simply be ignored.
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46. One common pitfall in implementation of community policing is the expectation that the results will be immediate and measurable.
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47. Because of its importance, training should be made the spearhead of change in getting officers to accept the transition to community policing.
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48. Open communication between the police and the citizens they serve often leads to identifying and solving problems.
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49. The vision for each law enforcement department should be basically the same.
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50. According to the text, the basic goals of community policing and team policing are the same.
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51. Managers should anticipate and prepare for resistance to the community policing philosophy and the changes that accompany the transition.
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52. According to the text, when evaluating, failures should be as important as successes—-sometimes more important—because a department learns from what does not work.
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53. According to the text, in the recruitment and selection of officers for community policing, departments must look for diversity.
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54. Diversity is not an on-going issue in police hiring because we have overcome many of the historical hurdles.
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55. Strategic planning is an excellent tool to gain fast results.
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56. ________________ is the development of an overall strategy that will review the present state of the organization, envision the future state of the organization, and devise a means of moving from one to the other.
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57. ________________ and __________________ personnel are among the most important considerations in successfully implementing the community policing philosophy.
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58. _______________ require fewer lieutenants and captains, fewer staff departments, fewer staff assistants, more sergeants, and more patrol officers.
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59. The text states that the ________________ are opinion leaders, or the ones to whom others come for advice.
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60. In ________________, each individual has a voice in decisions, but top management still has the ultimate decision-making authority.
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61. Officers who are ________________ are given authority and enabled to make decisions.
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62. The smallest number of citizens and organizations needed to support and sustain a community policing initiative is known as ________________.
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63. ________________ is long-term, large-scale, future-oriented planning.
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64. An approach to mixing community policing to officers and to specialized units is called a ________________ approach.
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65. A ________________ assessment should include not only the department but also the community of which it is part.
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66. Communication, problem-solving, and ______________ skills are considered to be the most important areas to include in training.
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67. Recruits are almost always paired with veteran officers when they are released into the field. This may result in the education received in the academy being _____________________________.
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68. Resistance to community-oriented policing from middle management, line officers, and unions is called _____________________.
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69. The fear that COP will lead to civilian review boards is part of ________________ impediments.
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70. Balancing increased foot patrol activity while maintaining emergency response times is ____________ impediment.
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71. According to the text, Walker (1993) cites a number of benefits to police when community policing is adopted. List and describe these benefits.
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72. Describe the five concerns that have most strongly influenced the development of problem-oriented policing.
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73. Describe the advantages to having several officers assigned full time to community policing.
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| 74. Discuss and analyze possible resistance to community policing.
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75. How do the management styles of a department affect the implementation and success of community policing?
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