Test Bank For Police 2nd Edition by John S. Dempsey

Test Bank For Police 2nd Edition by John S. Dempsey

Chapter 02: Organizing Security in the United States

TRUE/FALSE

1.Most police departments are very small, with about 87 percent employing fewer than 25 sworn officers.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 21

2.The Federal Witness Security Program (Federal Witness Protection Program) is administered by the FBI.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 27

3.The governmental power to make or enforce laws in Indian country is divided among federal, state, and tribal governments.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pp. 22–23

4.U.S. law enforcement has developed over the years based on a philosophy of local control.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 17

5.Many small remote towns and villages cannot afford to hire local police officers and often rely on state troopers based in areas far away.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 21

6.Some anti-illegal-immigration advocates say “sanctuary cities” shield foreign criminals from deportation and hamper federal efforts to combat illegal immigration and terrorism.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 24

7.Section 287 (g) of the 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act allows deputization of local police officers to help enforce federal immigration laws.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 24

8.Forty-nine of the fifty U.S. states have a primary state law enforcement agency.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 24

9.The largest state law enforcement agency is the Texas Highway Patrol.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 24

10.At the state level, there are three distinct models of law enforcement agencies.

ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 25

11.Historically, state police departments were developed to deal with growing crime in nonurban areas of the country, which was attributable to the increasing mobility of Americans, the proliferation of cars, and the ease of travel.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 25

12.Generally, state police patrol small towns and state highways, regulate traffic, and have the primary responsibility to enforce some state laws.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 25

13.The U.S. Constitution does give the national government power over a limited number of crimes.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 25

14.The Department of Justice is under the control of the U.S. Attorney General.

ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 26