Chapter 1: Introduction to American Policing
Self Check Answers
Check your understanding of the chapter facts and concepts with these Self Check Answers.
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Chapter Links
Computer on Patrol feature, page 10
http://www.klaaskids.org
Web Patrol, page 33
Officer Online
http://www.officer.com
Cops Who Care
http://www.copswhocare.org
Cybersnitch
http://www.cybersnitch.net
Additional Activities
Simulation Scenarios
Test your knowledge of law enforcement application with a Simulation Scenario.
Advanced Web Research
- Make a virtual visit to the FBI! Visit their Web site at http://www.fbi.gov and click on "Seeking Information" link to find information on unsolved cases. Read the page entirely, and click on some of the cases for more information about the individual victims and suspects.
- What does this page contain? Discuss the amount of information provided for different cases.
- What can the reader do to help solve these cases?
- Learn about the skills necessary for good police work by visiting the site of the West Midlands (UK) Police Department. This British site can be located online at http://www.west-midlands.police.uk. Browse the recruitment section and read about what this department looks for when recruiting officers.
- Which skills do you consider most important? Least important? Explain both.
- Which of these skills do you feel you need to work on to become a better police officer than you could be right now? Explain how you could improve these skills.
- Visit "The Future of Community Policing", which can be located online at http://ricp.uis.edu. Read the entire article.
- What training issues are discussed in this article?
- What changes does this article recommend?
- Learn about the VIVA Patrol of the Las Vegas (NV) Metropolitan Police Department, which can be found online at http://www.lvmpd.com.
Read the first page and check out the application for volunteers to this citizen policing program.
- What does the VIVA Patrol do, and what does their name stand for?
- For what other types of volunteer work can a person apply, and what is the basic application process?
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