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Three i's of Police Selection
Three qualities of the American police officer that seem to be of paramount importance: Intelligence, Integrity, and Interaction Skills. TERM 2
College Academies
DEFINITION 2 Schools where students pursue a program that integrates an associate's degree curriculum in law enforcement or criminal justice with the state's required peace officer training. TERM 3
Public Safety Officers
DEFINITION 3 Police department employees who perform many police services but do not have arrest powers. TERM 4
Police Cadet Program
DEFINITION 4 A program that combines a college education with agency work experience and academy training. Upon graduation, a cadet is promoted to police officer. TERM 5
Tech Prep (Technical Preparation)
DEFINITION 5 A program in which area community colleges and high schools team up to offer 6 to 9 hours of college law enforcement courses in the eleventh and twelfth grades, as well as one or two training certifications, such as police dispatcher or local corrections officer. Students who graduate are eligible for police employment at age 18.
Merit System
A system of employment whereby an independent civil service commission, in cooperation with the city personnel section and the police department, sets employment qualifications, performance standards, and discipline procedures. TERM 7
Discretion
DEFINITION 7 The exercise of individual judgement, instead of formal rules, in making decisions. TERM 8
Full Enforcement
DEFINITION 8 A practice in which the police make an arrest for every violation of law that comes to their attention. TERM 9
Selective Enforcement
DEFINITION 9 The practice of relying on the judgement of the police leadership and rank-and-file officers to decide which laws to enforce. TERM 10
Racial Profiling
DEFINITION 10 The stopping and/or detaining of individuals by law enforcement officers based solely on race.
Internal Affairs Investigations Unit
The police unit that ferrets out illegal and unethical activity engaged in by the police. TERM 17
Terrorism
DEFINITION 17 The systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective; the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in futherance of political or social objectives; or premeditated, politcally motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intented to influence an audience. TERM 18
Domestic
Terrorism
DEFINITION 18 The unlawful use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual based and operating entirely within the United States or its territories without foreign direction committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilan population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. TERM 19
International
Terrorism
DEFINITION 19 Violent acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state. These acts appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by assassionation or kidnapping.
