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_____ is automatically detects a speeding violation; photographs or video records the driver, the vehicle, and the license plate; and records vehicle speed and typically the date, time, and location

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Correct Answer: Photo radar

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Is national security letters (NSLs) written demands from the FBI that compel Internet service providers, credit companies, financial institutions, and others to hand over confidential records about their customers (such as subscriber information, phone numbers, email addresses, and websites visited)?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as digital dispatch and data communications system for field officers; also called a mobile digital computer

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Correct Answer: Mobile Digital Communicator (MDC)

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_____ is defined as reads license plates of parked and moving vehicles and compares them to vehicle databases

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Correct Answer: License Plate Recognition System (LPR)

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_____ is lADARs (LAser Detection and Ranging) or LIDARs (Light Detection And Ranging) use laser light to determine speed

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Correct Answer: Laser radars

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Is internet protocol (IP) cameras cCTV cameras that use the Internet to transmit image data and control signals over an Ethernet link?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a computerized data warehouse designed to allow police officers to search for suspects based on nicknames, tattoos, country of origin, vehicle make and model, and other characteristics in partnership with the Illinois State Police and residents of Chicago

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Correct Answer: Illinois Citizen and Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting (I-CLEAR)

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_____ is defined as talking surveillance cameras

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Correct Answer: Graffiti cameras

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_____ is computer software that captures, analyzes, stores, and presents spatial data and makes it easy to visualize and interpret geographic information

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Correct Answer: Geographic Information System (GIS)

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Is foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) specifies that the purpose of electronic surveillance must be to obtain intelligence in the United States on foreign powers (such as enemy agents or spies) or individuals connected to international terrorist groups?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as takes an image of the finger and determines whether the pattern of ridges and valleys in the image matches the pattern of ridges and valleys in prescanned images

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Correct Answer: Fingerprint scanner

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_____ is defined as prohibits employers from requiring applicants to take a polygraph test or from using PDD results in the hiring or promoting of employees or as a basis for discipline or discharge

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Correct Answer: Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1998 (EPPA)

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_____ is a speed detection system using infrared beams to measure a car’s speed as it passes through a three-foot-long section of road using sensors placed on each side of the road to detect when a vehicle enters and exits the section

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Correct Answer: Electronic Non-Radar Detection Device (ENRADD)

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Is electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) wiretapping regulation that protects email, pagers, and cell phone calls?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as aircraft without a human pilot on board controlled either by computers or remotely by an operator on the ground or in another vehicle

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Correct Answer: Drones

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_____ is defined as one of two types of molecules that encode genetic information

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Correct Answer: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

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_____ is connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled by traditional landline operators, internet-telephone providers, and cellular companies

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Correct Answer: Digital collection system network (DCSNet)

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Is density analysis maps maps used to reveal areas with elevated crime activity, known as hot spots?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the process of using a GIS to conduct spatial analysis of crime problems and other police issues

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Correct Answer: Crime mapping

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_____ is defined as the systematic study of crime and disorder problems, including sociodemographic, spatial, and temporal factors

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Correct Answer: Crime analysis

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_____ is a system in which dispatch is accomplished through the use of computers

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Correct Answer: Computer-aided dispatch (CAD)

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Is cCTV closed-circuit television?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as pharmaceutical or sedative drugs that produce a calming or tranquil state

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Correct Answer: Calmative agents

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_____ is defined as a defense covering worn by police officers that is usually constructed of woven fibers that are sewn into a vest or soft clothing

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Correct Answer: Body Armor

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_____ is a means for automatically determining the geographic location of a vehicle and transmitting the information to a requester, most often through the use of GPS

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Correct Answer: Automatic vehicle location (AVL)

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Is automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology that uses optical character recognition to read the license plates on vehicles?

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is the systematic study of crime and disorder using sociodemographic, spatial, and temporal factors to assist police in apprehending criminals and reducing crime.

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Correct Answer: Crime analysis

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The purpose of electronic surveillance in the United States, under FISA, must be to obtain intelligence on foreign powers or individuals connected to ______.

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Correct Answer: International terrorist groups

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Which of the following technologies emerged in the late 1960s?

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Correct Answer: Taser

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Prior to 1986, wiretap laws did not protect emails and Internet communications, since they are not actually verbal communications.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ technology is a less-than-lethal alternative that causes little harm to individuals while incapacitating them with a laser-based dazzler, bright lights, and noise.

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Correct Answer: Distraction

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Police install ______ in police cars to check license plate numbers and communicate car to car or directly with dispatch.

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Correct Answer: ANPRs

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Research is continuing into the use of ______ as a less-than-lethal option for police officers, which involves pharmaceuticals or sedative drugs that produce a calming or tranquil state.

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Correct Answer: Calmative agents

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Police are generally against the use of body-worn cameras, because they do not believe that outsiders should tell them how to do their job.

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Correct Answer: False

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When ______ is in progress, a talking surveillance camera can warn and photograph intruders and notify police that a crime is in progress.

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Correct Answer: Vandalism

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Which type of speed detection couples a stopwatch and a simple computer to calculate the time it takes for a vehicle to pass between two fixed objects a known distance apart?

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Correct Answer: VASCAR

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