MGMT 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fusion Center, Predictive Policing
2. Which of the following is a law enforcement organizational spatial differentiation structure?
d. Vertical differentiation
3. Which of the following is a law enforcement organizational element that is not spatial differentiation
structure?
a. Vertical differentiation
4. The patrol function is often called the ____________of policing and is the primary line element.
d. backbone
5. If the police were totally successful in their patrol and crime prevention efforts, according to the
textbook the ____________ division would be unnecessary.
d. investigative
6. The quasi-military style of policing is characterized by the following:
a. wearing uniforms.
b. the use of rank designations.
e. Both A and B.
24. _____________ is a relatively new law enforcement concept that attempts to improve the quality of
policing and provide a better way to attempt to combat crime.
a. Intelligence-led policing
b. Predictive policing
c. The fusion center
d. All of the above
9. Policies should be ____________, then modified according to the changing times and circumstances
of the department and community.
b. stated as basic guidelines
c. committed to writing
e. Both B and C
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13. Community-oriented policing and problem solving is a philosophy, management style, and
organizational strategy that promotes __________ problem solving.
e. None of the above
7. Proponents of the military style of policing uphold the model's tradition because of the following:
b. The use of strict discipline
8. Critics of the military style of policing do not support the model's tradition because of the following:
a. It is autocratic.
10. Procedures are:
c. sspecific guidelines that serve to direct employee actions.
11. Policies are:
d. written guidelines that are general in nature.
12. Rules and regulations are:
a. specific managerial guidelines that leave little or no latitude for individual discretion.
14. The S.A.R.A. process provides officers with a logical, step-by-step framework in which to do all of the
following except:
c. Dismiss.
15. One of the major changes in policing that has occurred since September 11, 2001 is:
d. a shift in emphasis from community policing to homeland security.
16. Some observers have perceived a shift from community policing to homeland security due to all of
the following reasons except:
c. decentralization of local police.
17. Recent Smart Policing Initiatives since the late 2000s have included the following measures:
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Document Summary
True: administrative intensity organizations refer to those that are typically more bureaucratic in structure. True: the police role is much too ambiguous to become totally standardized, but it is also much too serious and important to be left completely to the discretion of the patrol officer. True: policies are more specific than procedures in that they serve as specific guides to the organization"s philosophy and mission and help in interpreting their elements to the officers. True: proponents of the quasi-military style of policing support this model with its imposition of control and commanding authority with strict discipline. True: the s. a. r. a. process replaces officers" short-term, reactive responses with a process vested in longer-term outcomes. True: jim collins wrote good to great and the social sectors, in which he described the level 5 leader as has having the highest level of executive capabilities. True: according to the textbook, the accreditation self-assessment process provides many opportunities to institutionalize community policing.
