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Who is known as the father of modern policing?

What is the primary purpose of police reform?

Which of the following best describes a challenge of community policing?

A police officer falsifies evidence in an arrest report to cover up mistakes made during an investigation. Which type of ethical corruption does this exemplify?

The U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of a police search in which case?

Which of these was responsible for providing funds to local police departments to hire new officers and to implement community policing?

When implementing community-oriented policing, which of the following best represents the type of organizational transformation required within a police department?

When the police make a value judgment on the behaviors of others, what typically results?

An officer must decide whether to report a fellow officer who lied on a police report. Which of the following best represents how an ethicist would analyze the difference between the officer’s personal morals and their ethical responsibilities in this situation?

Detective Piper was called to investigate a homicide on January 2. Fortunately, when they arrived, the patrol officers had secured the location and were able to collect a variety of different types of physical evidence, including fingerprints and DNA. This evidence was sent to the crime lab on January 3. It is now September 15, and the evidence has not been returned from the crime lab thus delaying the processing of the case. Which of the following problems associated with forensic evidence could explain why it has yet to be returned?