Milwaukee Sergeant Exam – Study Guide and Practice Questions for Law Enforcement
Promotional Exam Preparation
According to the Peel's Principles of Policing, the need for physical force and compulsion will be
diminished by: - correct answer ✔✔The degree of public cooperation
One of the competencies of leadership identified by Bennis is: - correct answer
✔✔management of trust
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ethical standards are not based on universal agreement
Subculture - correct answer ✔✔has an integrated network of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
To effectively meet and overcome the issues and challenges that face the police in the 21st
century, major _________&_______ of police services will be necessary - correct answer
✔✔rethinking & restructuring
Sir Robert Peel, the founder og the modern policing, established ______ "Principles of Policing"
when he organized the London Metropolitan Police in 1829 - correct answer ✔✔Nine
Peel viewed the police mission as the ____ of crime and disorder - correct answer
✔✔prevention
Agencies must deploy police officers who possess the requisite ethical orientation as well as
______, ______, and _____ necessary to engage law-abiding citizens and assist them with the
identification of, and the creation of solutions to, problems that plague individual communities -
correct answer ✔✔Critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills
In many law enforcement agencies, ______ have been accompanied by a reduction of crime and
the creation of safer communities. More deeply, ________ must take place, not only at the
, command level but throughout the agency hierarchy to the line officer on the street. - correct
answer ✔✔innovation; change
_________, as far a the police service is concerned, focuses on the values that the profession
must adopt, the status of the officers in the organization and the community, and the manner in
which the police are held accountable for their performance. it is a matter of self-image and
community perception. - correct answer ✔✔Professionalism
Given the pervasiveness of rapid change, the key to strategic success involves _____ change. at
the most progressive level, _____ change is about leading change. (same answer for both
blanks) - correct answer ✔✔Managing
As the result of the very nature of rapid change in the 21st century, the police are forced to
confront and view policing ______, ______, and _____ from radically different perspectives -
correct answer ✔✔philosophy, strategy, and tactics
_____, ______, ______, and ______ must be modified to develop a core of officers with the
instinct and leadership competencies necessary for working with the community - correct
answer ✔✔recruitment, selection, training, and education programs
________ leadership style increased frontline police officer willingness to perform, and it
improved officer job satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔Transformational
Through motivational competencies, a person demonstrates the ability to encourage others and
build _____ relationships - correct answer ✔✔proactive
Planning and organizing competencies are used to create a vision and prioritize, delegate, and
define ______. - correct answer ✔✔goal and objectives
Actuation-implementation competencies address the ability to implement a vision and evaluate
_____. - correct answer ✔✔results
Promotional Exam Preparation
According to the Peel's Principles of Policing, the need for physical force and compulsion will be
diminished by: - correct answer ✔✔The degree of public cooperation
One of the competencies of leadership identified by Bennis is: - correct answer
✔✔management of trust
Ethics - correct answer ✔✔ethical standards are not based on universal agreement
Subculture - correct answer ✔✔has an integrated network of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
To effectively meet and overcome the issues and challenges that face the police in the 21st
century, major _________&_______ of police services will be necessary - correct answer
✔✔rethinking & restructuring
Sir Robert Peel, the founder og the modern policing, established ______ "Principles of Policing"
when he organized the London Metropolitan Police in 1829 - correct answer ✔✔Nine
Peel viewed the police mission as the ____ of crime and disorder - correct answer
✔✔prevention
Agencies must deploy police officers who possess the requisite ethical orientation as well as
______, ______, and _____ necessary to engage law-abiding citizens and assist them with the
identification of, and the creation of solutions to, problems that plague individual communities -
correct answer ✔✔Critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills
In many law enforcement agencies, ______ have been accompanied by a reduction of crime and
the creation of safer communities. More deeply, ________ must take place, not only at the
, command level but throughout the agency hierarchy to the line officer on the street. - correct
answer ✔✔innovation; change
_________, as far a the police service is concerned, focuses on the values that the profession
must adopt, the status of the officers in the organization and the community, and the manner in
which the police are held accountable for their performance. it is a matter of self-image and
community perception. - correct answer ✔✔Professionalism
Given the pervasiveness of rapid change, the key to strategic success involves _____ change. at
the most progressive level, _____ change is about leading change. (same answer for both
blanks) - correct answer ✔✔Managing
As the result of the very nature of rapid change in the 21st century, the police are forced to
confront and view policing ______, ______, and _____ from radically different perspectives -
correct answer ✔✔philosophy, strategy, and tactics
_____, ______, ______, and ______ must be modified to develop a core of officers with the
instinct and leadership competencies necessary for working with the community - correct
answer ✔✔recruitment, selection, training, and education programs
________ leadership style increased frontline police officer willingness to perform, and it
improved officer job satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔Transformational
Through motivational competencies, a person demonstrates the ability to encourage others and
build _____ relationships - correct answer ✔✔proactive
Planning and organizing competencies are used to create a vision and prioritize, delegate, and
define ______. - correct answer ✔✔goal and objectives
Actuation-implementation competencies address the ability to implement a vision and evaluate
_____. - correct answer ✔✔results
