Law and Politics

AFIS stands for:

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A ________ plots locations of people and helps police know where dogs have searched.

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A geographic information system:

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The Department of Homeland Security has completed installation of next-generation biometric entry ...

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Detectives in Alabama are putting case files on a single compact disk; which one of the following is ...

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Which of the following is true regarding voice stress analysis (VSA) software?

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To keep tabs on sex offenders, a Web-based application has been developed that:

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New Jersey police are experimenting with a new blood alcohol level test that is quicker and simpler ...

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Handheld voice translation devices are being tested and have:

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New license-plate-reading technology:

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Developing a database of area problems and solutions can assist officers with:

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CAD is an acronym for a ________ system.

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The 1985 case of City of Houston v. Davis halted Dallas's requirement college coursework for ...

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Efforts to involve college-educated personnel in police work were first made by August Vollmer, when ...

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Officers who kill other human beings often experience time distortion, emotional numbing, and ...

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Working in a paramilitary structure depersonalizes and marginalizes people from top to bottom.

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It has been estimated that at any one time, 15 percent of a department's officers will be in a burnout phase.

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Jurisdictional isolationism occurs because police agencies are not always the tight, congenial ...

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Having no training standards or regulation, private security officers are legally forbidden to be armed.

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Studies show that, often, less educated and older persons serve as lower-level security officers.

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Studies have shown that private security personnel are often recruited among persons with minimal ...

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As opposed to women in policing, the recruitment of minority officers is much easier due to the ...

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Experts warn that the general lack of verbal skills by female officers makes them unfit for ...

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Horne's harassment and discrimination issue concerning women in policing suggests that departments ...

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Arbitration parallels fact-finding, but it differs in that it may be compulsory or voluntary.

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