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Q: What is the purpose of patrol presence?

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A: Presence in community to prevent crime.

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Q: What is the most common type of patrol?

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A: Most common type, vehicle patrol.

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Q: How is police patrol allocated geographically?

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A: Geographic jurisdictions, called beats.

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Q: What determines the size of beats?

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A: Size dependent on number, nature of calls

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Q: What is call priority?

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A: Faster response for critical calls

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Q: What are calls for service?

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A: Majority issues police required to address.

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Q: What is the primary contact system for police?

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A: 911 as primary contact system.

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Q: What is 311 used for?

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A: 311 Nonemergency number; police and/or city services

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Q: What is differential police response?

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A: Response other than immediate dispatch.

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Q: What is preventive patrol?

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A: Encourages safety, possible deterrent effect.

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Q: How quickly should police respond to calls?

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A: Should respond to calls quickly.

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Q: How often do on-scene arrests occur?

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A: On-scene arrests in 29/1,000 cases.

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Q: What are discovery versus involvement crimes?

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A: Discovery crimes: Police find the crime on their own.
Involvement crimes: Police respond because someone calls or reports it.

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Q: What do police do when responding quickly?

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A: Change situations, collect evidence, etc.

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Q: What was the purpose of the Kansas City Preventive Patrol Experiment?

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A: Role of patrol in deterrence.

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Q: What were the beat tiers in the Kansas City experiment?

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A: Beat tiers: Reactive, proactive, control.

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Q: What were the results of the Kansas City experiment?

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A: No effect on crime, attitudes, etc.

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Q: What is hot spot policing based on?

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A: Criminal activity generally not random.

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Q: Where do police concentrate efforts in hot spot policing?

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A: Concentrate where crimes likely to occur.

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Q: What is a hot spot?

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A: Hot spot: High concentration of crime.

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Q: What is the focus of hot spot policing?

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A: Geographic location, focus on crime.

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Q: Is hot spot patrol effective?

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A: Widely accepted as effective.

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Q: What is a possible drawback of hot spot patrol?

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A: Possible strained community relations.

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Q: What are police crackdowns?

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A: Allocation of additional resources with intent of deterring crime

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Q: What are the three major events of crackdowns?
A: Make citizens aware of increase enforcement Police increase enforcement Police decrease efforts
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Q: What is the purpose of crackdowns?
A: Supposed to deter crime initially.
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Q: What is the residual hangover effect?
A: Crime stays low for a while even after police reduce enforcement.
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Q: What is decay in crackdowns?
A: Decay: Crime reduction disappears
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Q: How effective are drug crackdowns?
A: Drug crackdowns less successful.
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Q: What is the most common reason for police contact?
A: traffic stops
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Q: What is a pretext stop?
A: Stop for violations, further investigative actions.
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Q: Is there evidence traffic stops reduce crime?
A: Little evidence of reducing crime.
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Q: What concerns exist about traffic stops?
A: Studies showcasing bias, reduced use.
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Q: What is required for pedestrian stops?
A: Reasonable suspicion, search for weapons.
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Q: How common are pedestrian stops?
A: About 1% of citizen-police contacts.
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Q: What are pedestrian stops also called?
A: Also known as Terry stops.
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Q: How effective are pedestrian stops?
A: Frequently used; mixed research results.
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Q: Why use two-officer squads?
A: Prevent fatigue, provide assistance.
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Q: Why use one-officer squads?
A: Less expensive to staff.
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Q: Which squad type is often more advantageous?
A: one-officer squads are often more advantageous.
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Q: What is the second most common patrol form?
A: Foot patrol.
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Q: Which departments use foot patrol more?
A: Larger departments, commitment to community policing.
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Q: What is the goal of foot patrol?
A: Goal to reduce crime, fear.
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Q: How does foot patrol affect community relationships?
A: Improve personal relationships within community.
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Q: How does foot patrol affect perception of crime?
A: Perceive lower levels of crime.
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Q: What do offender-focused strategies depend on?
A: Police depend on criminal intelligence.
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Q: What is the goal of offender-focused strategies?
A: Identify people who offend often.
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Q: How do offender-focused strategies affect law-abiding citizens?
A: Less intrusive on law-abiding citizens.
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