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The Scope of American Law Enforcement MCQ

Officers responding to a variety of calls for service within the boundaries of their campus as well as overseeing events that take place on campus, enforcing traffic laws, investigating crimes that take place on campus, and providing security to all campus buildings are called _______ campus police.

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Correct Answer: University

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A policing agency providing service to people residing on Native American reservations acknowledged by the United States federal government is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Tribal police

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Considered a part of local law enforcement with countywide jurisdictional boundaries and are responsible for patrolling unincorporated or sparsely populated areas, as well as small towns that do not have their own municipal agencies, it is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Sheriff’s department

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Agencies that make up _______ of local police agencies and cover areas with populations of less than 2,500 people are called rural police.

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Correct Answer: 40%

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The job of making sure people obey the law and is one of many responsibilities of the police is called law enforcement.

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Correct Answer: Job

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Fragmentation is the police services provided on the local level that may overlap each other, which can lead to communication problems and competition between agencies, resulting in a waste of ______.

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Correct Answer: Resources

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Department of justice established in 1870, one of two departments in the federal government, it houses federal-level law enforcement agencies such as the ______ and Marshals Service.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Department of Homeland Security created in ______ with the mission to protect the United States from attacks by foreign nations, and is one of two departments in the federal government that houses federal-level law enforcement agencies.

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Correct Answer: 2003

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