Long before an officer makes a decision on the street, a hiring board, an academy and a field training officer have shaped what that decision will look like. POLICE, 2nd Edition by John S. Dempsey builds its chapters around that pipeline — selection, training, socialization, discretion and the pressures of the job — and the exam follows suit, asking far more about how officers are made than about equipment or tactics.
Why this test bank helps
Discretion is the concept students most often recognize and least often explain. Saying that an officer used discretion says nothing about why the department tolerated it or how policy narrows it. The rationale under each item connects the behavior to the structure behind it: what the selection process screened for, what the academy rewarded, what the subculture reinforces and where supervision or policy is supposed to intervene. That link is what applied questions ask you to draw.
What’s inside
- Practice organized by chapter, so you can test one section at a time instead of the whole course at once.
- A mix of item types — multiple choice, true/false, matching and short structured questions.
- Reasoning printed under every question, so review time goes on understanding rather than guessing.
- Weighting toward selection, training, socialization and discretion, the chapters this text develops in the most depth.
- Delivered as one PDF, downloadable immediately after checkout.
Topics covered
- Selection and hiring — written and physical testing, background investigation, medical and psychological screening
- Academy and field training — recruit curriculum, scenario training and the field training officer’s influence
- The police subculture — solidarity, the working personality, socialization into the job and the code of silence
- Discretion — the decision to stop, cite, arrest or warn, and the departmental policies that structure it
- Use of force — the objective reasonableness standard, force reporting and less-lethal alternatives
- Ethics and corruption — gratuities, the slippery slope, internal affairs and anti-corruption strategies
- Stress and wellness — shift work, critical incidents, family strain and officer support programs
- Diversity and accountability — recruitment of women and minority officers, civil liability and external oversight
Who it’s for
Undergraduates in an introduction to policing course using this shorter text, and students in a police organization or law enforcement careers course who need the selection, training and discretion material clear.
How to use it (the right way)
Read the chapter and work through the book’s own examples first; practice questions diagnose understanding, they do not create it. Then attempt a block closed-book, flag every item you were unsure of even when you got it right, and read the rationale for all of them. This is a study aid. Use it in line with your institution’s academic-integrity policy — as preparation and self-testing, never as a substitute for the coursework or as material taken into a graded assessment.
Sample question (shows the format — your download contains the full set)
Q. An officer stops a driver for a broken taillight, checks the license, then issues a verbal warning rather than a citation. Which concept does this decision illustrate?
- A. Probable cause
- B. Discretion
- C. The exclusionary rule
- D. Qualified immunity
Answer: B. Discretion is the authority to choose among lawful courses of action, and choosing a warning over a citation for an equipment violation is the textbook example. A is the standard that justified the stop, not the choice made afterwards. C governs whether unlawfully obtained evidence may be admitted at trial, which is not at issue here. D is a defense in a civil suit against an officer, unrelated to the decision to issue a warning.
Edition & format
- Matches: POLICE, 2nd Edition, by John S. Dempsey.
- Format: Digital PDF, delivered instantly after checkout.
- Access: Lifetime — re-download from your account whenever you need it.
Editions of this title do not line up chapter for chapter. Check that the edition and ISBN above are the ones on your syllabus before ordering.
Frequently asked questions
Is this written for my edition? It is prepared for the 2nd Edition, ISBN 9781133016656. Adjacent editions renumber chapters and swap examples, so match the edition printed on your course outline.
Is anything posted to me? No. It is a PDF, released for download the second checkout completes and stored in your account for later.
Do all the questions include rationales? Yes. Every item carries a written explanation of the reasoning behind the answer, which is the part that turns checking into studying.
Is it acceptable to study from a test bank? Used for self-testing it is ordinary exam preparation. Keep it inside your school’s academic-integrity rules and out of any graded assessment.
Related editions and companion titles sit in Criminal Justice Test Banks.
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