TCOLE BPOC Professional Policing
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Policing in America has its roots in European police methods. This
can be seen in such concepts as -
correct answer ✅•County
•Sheriff
•Common Law
•English "bobby" foot patrol methods
_______ was nighttime while ______ was daytime police -
correct answer ✅watch, ward
- The use of the automobile provided a more rapid response to
police calls for service.
- The advent of radio communications provided call for service to
be dispatched to officer in the field.
- Many officers were reassigned from walking beats to radio cars.
- The assignment of officers from walking beats began the process
of distancing the police from the individual citizens due to
increased mobility.
- Police performance level increased due to rapid response, while
actual communications with citizens decreased.
, TCOLE BPOC Professional Policing
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
- The absence of quality evaluation was prevalent throughout the
period.
- During this era, law enforcement personnel, (especially the "beat
officer") were known by the citizens in the areas in which they
worked.
- This relationship created a bond which made the officer feel an
ownership in his work area. The community also felt a more
personal relationship with their officer(s). -
correct answer ✅The era from 1900 through the 1940's.
American policing went through a "reform" era marked by the
contributions of such men as __________, whose goal was to bring
professionalism to the police. -
correct answer ✅August Vollmer
This age also saw the emergence of the present Federal law
enforcement system and the contributions of _________ and the
FBI. -
correct answer ✅J. Edgar Hoover
The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement
______________ reported in 1931 "the greatest promise for the
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Policing in America has its roots in European police methods. This
can be seen in such concepts as -
correct answer ✅•County
•Sheriff
•Common Law
•English "bobby" foot patrol methods
_______ was nighttime while ______ was daytime police -
correct answer ✅watch, ward
- The use of the automobile provided a more rapid response to
police calls for service.
- The advent of radio communications provided call for service to
be dispatched to officer in the field.
- Many officers were reassigned from walking beats to radio cars.
- The assignment of officers from walking beats began the process
of distancing the police from the individual citizens due to
increased mobility.
- Police performance level increased due to rapid response, while
actual communications with citizens decreased.
, TCOLE BPOC Professional Policing
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
- The absence of quality evaluation was prevalent throughout the
period.
- During this era, law enforcement personnel, (especially the "beat
officer") were known by the citizens in the areas in which they
worked.
- This relationship created a bond which made the officer feel an
ownership in his work area. The community also felt a more
personal relationship with their officer(s). -
correct answer ✅The era from 1900 through the 1940's.
American policing went through a "reform" era marked by the
contributions of such men as __________, whose goal was to bring
professionalism to the police. -
correct answer ✅August Vollmer
This age also saw the emergence of the present Federal law
enforcement system and the contributions of _________ and the
FBI. -
correct answer ✅J. Edgar Hoover
The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement
______________ reported in 1931 "the greatest promise for the
