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autocratic leadership   show
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show looks at establishing the relationship between the group and the leader.  
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dispersed leadership   show
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show looks at how leaders assign tasks.  
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leadership   show
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management   show
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show involves managers and subordinates setting goals and objectives together and then tracking performance to ensure that the objectives are met.  
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show divides tasks into highly specialized jobs where job holders become experts in their fields, demonstrating the one best way to perform their cog in the wheel (Taylorism); the opposite of the organic model.  
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show oversupervising, providing oversight with excessive control and attention to details better left to the operational personnel.  
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organic model   show
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seagull management   show
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show overseeing the actual work being done.  
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total quality management (TQM)   show
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show the negative consequences of fear of failure.  
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show implemented  
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Management means to control and direct, to __________, to take charge of.   show
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__________ is the power to enforce laws, exact obedience and command.   show
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"Legitimate authority does not demand followers __________ laws or established principles."   show
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Delegation, or transferring authority, is a necessary and often difficult aspect of __________ because it requires placing trust in others to do the job as well as, or better than, the manager would do it.   show
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show administrative  
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show people skills  
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show Grid Theory, X-Y Theory, Four-System Approach, Mature Employee Theory  
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The leadership theory that says as the followers' readiness level in relation to task increases, leaders should begin to lessen their direction or task behavior and simultaneously increase their relationship behavior, is known as   show
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A common management/leadership error is   show
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show supports those performing field services; includes recruitment and training, records and communication, planning and research and technical services.  
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bifurcated society   show
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broken-window theory   show
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show the order of authority; begins at the top of the pyramid and flows down to the base.  
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channels of communication   show
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community policing   show
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CompStat policing   show
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show encourages flattening of the organization and places decision-making authority and autonomy at the level where information is plentiful; in police organizations, this is usually at the level of the patrol officer.  
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evidence-based policing   show
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field services   show
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show one with fewer lieutenants and captains, fewer staff departments, fewer staff assistants, more sergeants, and more patrol offi cers.  
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show an entity that pools the resources and personnel of multiple agencies into one central location to facilitate information sharing and intelligence development regarding criminal activities.  
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hierarchy   show
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incident   show
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incivilities   show
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show the end goal resulting from the combination of the two elements of community policing and aggressive enforcement  
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show a methodical approach to prevent, detect and disrupt crime, including terrorist activities; uses early detection of crime trends to allows police to be proactive in preventing continued crime.  
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show those who actually perform most of the tasks outlined in the work plan.  
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paradigm   show
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paradigm shift   show
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show recognizing problems and seeking the underlying cause(s) of the problems.  
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show management ascertains what problems exist and tries to solve them, redefi ning the role of law enforcement from incident driven and reactive to problem oriented and proactive.  
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pyramid of authority   show
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show simply responding to calls for service.  
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social capital   show
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span of control   show
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show those who support line personnel.  
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transactional change   show
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show intervenes in an organization's mission, culture and leadership style.  
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unity of command   show
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show when local government agencies and departments work quite independently of each other. This lack of partnering with other city and county agencies hinders problem-solving success.  
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show organization  
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show Sir Robert Peel  
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show labor, specialization  
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show pyramid  
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The main division of most police departments is   show
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show specialization  
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show chain of command  
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show informal organization  
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A "major player" that has emerged in safeguarding Americans and their property is   show
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This theory states that "if no one cares" crime and disorder will thrive in the community. This theory is known as the   show
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show characterized by incessant restructuring, following fads, management by cheerleading without careful thought, and especially inconsistency, constantly running after new ideas.  
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facilitators   show
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show asks managers to imagine a huge, heavy fl ywheel about 30 feet in diameter, weighing about 5,000 pounds mounted horizontally on an axle; then to further imagine that management's task is to get the fly wheel rotating  
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goals   show
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show the organization's mission statement and the basic values honored by the organization.  
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show recognizes that both management and leadership skills are required for an agency to accomplish its mission and that all those within the organization are complete individuals who have answered a special calling and are part of the team.  
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incident command   show
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show communicate with other groups and agencies: the press, other local government departments, the business community, schools and numerous community committees and organizations.  
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show coordinate law enforcement agency's goals with those of other agencies within the jurisdiction.  
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mission   show
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mission statement   show
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objectives   show
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show objectives that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and trackable.  
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show those affected by an organization and those in a position to affect it.  
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show long-term planning.  
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show occurs when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; the team achieves more than each could accomplish as individuals.  
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tactical planning   show
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unified command   show
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vetting   show
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show stakeholders  
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show guiding philosophy  
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show goals  
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show doom loop  
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show SMART goals  
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The three levels of management are   show
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show coordination  
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This transition is one of the most difficult in law enforcement, for it is here that they begin to make decisions that separate them from their fellow officers.   show
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Those individuals who assist others in performing their duties are known as   show
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This management/leadership approach recognizes that both management and leadership skills are required for an agency to accomplish its mission.   show
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show theoretical, not concrete, for example, tall rather than 6'10.  
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show includes concentration, full attention and thought.  
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show a plan, usually referring to a meeting outline or program; a list of things to be accomplished.  
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show criminals may be deterred even before the efforts are implemented.  
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body language   show
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deconfliction   show
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show properties immediately adjacent to the intervention implemented also experienced a reduction in burglary.  
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show informal channel of communication within the agency or department; also called the rumor mill  
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show the ability of public safety emergency responders to work seamlessly with other systems or products without special eff orts.  
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jargon   show
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show similar to channels of communication; may be downward, upward (vertical) or lateral (horizontal) and internal or external.  
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nonverbal communication   show
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show good information stated briefly; two essential elements are (1) that it contain good, solid nuggets of information, not speculation or opinion, and (2) that it is short.  
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vocoder   show
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show improve morale  
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show not communicating well  
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show failure to proofread  
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show listening  
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show language barrier  
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show two way  
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show grapevine  
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Departments typically have four types of meetings:   show
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show Incident Command System, National Incident Management System  
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show interoperability  
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Abilene Paradox   show
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show focused, evaluative thinking; includes decision making, choosing, testing, judging and rating; opposite of divergent thinking.  
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show delaying decisions, allowing time for minor difficulties to work themselves out.  
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cross flow   show
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cross tell   show
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data mining   show
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show a way to have individual input; uses openended questionnaires completed by individuals; answers are shared, and the questionnaires are again completed until consensus is achieved.  
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show free, uninhibited thinking; includes imagining, fantasizing, free associating and combining and juxtaposing dissimilar elements; opposite of convergent thinking.  
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show identifies forces that impede and enhance goal attainment; a problem exists when the equilibrium is such that more forces are impeding goal attainment than enhancing it.  
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show computer acronym for garbage in, garbage out.  
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groupthink   show
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show an assessment to determine whether a problem declined  
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show primarily using language and logic.  
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show occurs when a phone number or address is associated with a crime simply because it was a convenient number or address to use.  
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show technique uses objective rather than open-ended questions.  
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show an objective way to achieve consensus on the most effective alternatives by using an objective ranking of alternatives.  
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show an assessment to determine whether the response was implemented as planned  
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show examines the excellence (quality) of the responsethat is, how satisfied were the officers and the citizens; most frequently determined by surveys, focus groups or tracking of complaints and compliments.  
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quantitative data   show
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right-brain thinking   show
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vicarious liability   show
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whole-brain thinking   show
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The environment that promotes decision making and problem solving must encourage what?   show
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Operational decision-making is most often handled at what level in the organization?   show
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show command decision  
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show emotional intelligence  
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Officers instinctively read and react to danger signals based on training and experience. It is an uneasy feeling, a gut reaction, a sixth-sense that results in law enforcement officers perceiving danger signals and reacting accordingly. This feeling is:   show
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show delegation  
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show data mining  
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The tendency for group members to submit to peer pressure, endorse the majority opinion and to be more concerned with team play and unanimity than with reaching the best solution is called   show
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show force-field analysis  
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In the age of "green policing," the method used to combat crime in the community is known as   show
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show proper planning prevents poor performance.  
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show time spent in the agency or department long after a shift ends and on weekends when not on duty to make sure you are seen putting in extra time by those with the power to promote you.  
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highlighting   show
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show states that grouping similar tasks together can reduce the amount of time each takes, sometimes by as much as 80 percent.  
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narrow eye span   show
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show 20 percent of what a person does accounts for 80 percent of the results.  
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show the principle that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.  
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show tasks that do not have to be done, have a minimal payoff and have very limited negative consequences.  
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show tasks that must be done, have a big payoff and prevent negative consequences.  
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show putting things off.  
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regression   show
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show reading material rapidly for specific information.  
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single handling   show
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show reading information rapidly for the main ideas, usually the first and last paragraph, the first sentence of all other paragraphs and the captions of any charts or figures.  
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subvocalization   show
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tickler file system   show
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show efficient techniques  
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The period between two events or during which something exists, happens or acts; it is thought of in terms of measurable intervals and is known as   show
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"Time management is really a misnomer--the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage __________."   show
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show organizing  
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show goals  
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A filing system recommended by consultants that should consist of 45 files--2 files, one each for the next 2 years beyond the current year; 12 files, one for each month of the current year; and 31 files, one for each day of the current month--is called   show
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show the Pareto principle  
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show important  
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show interruptions  
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show deadlines  
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andragogy   show
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show the direct relationship between tasks performed on the job, the curriculum or training and the test.  
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eclectic   show
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show an experienced officer who serves as a mentor for a rookie, providing on-the-job training.  
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Firefighter's Rule   show
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show uses informative gathered during instruction to adjust and improve program content and training.  
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interval reinforcement   show
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show necessary background needed to master a given skill.  
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show memorization, not necessarily with understanding.  
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summative assessment   show
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show learned best  
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show training  
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show developing human resources  
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One of two areas often involving civil lawsuits against officers and their departments is   show
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If a person is injured as a result of the normal dangers associated with an activity in which a person voluntarily engages, the person cannot sue for liability because of this principle.   show
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show visual, auditory, kinesthetic  
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Content that directly relates to tasks performed is considered   show
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People retain 10 percent of what they read, 20 percent of what hear, 30 percent of what they see, 40 percent of what they   show
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show eclectic  
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The most common and frequent training in law enforcement is   show
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balanced performer managers   show
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show unfairly stopping unoff ending motorists to protect officers from the statistical microscope individually or collectively.  
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code of silence   show
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show understanding the diversity of the United States, the dynamics of minoritymajority relationships, the dynamics of sexism and racism and the issues of nationalism and separatism.  
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daily values   show
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show standards of fair and honest conduct.  
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ghosting   show
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holistic personal goals   show
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integrity   show
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show a model to illustrate how people can learn more about others and themselves.  
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show attitudes and beliefs held by a group of individuals  
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show any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual or information that leads the police to a particular individual  
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show what people say is important to them.  
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unconditional backup   show
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A detailed, formally stated summary of duties and responsibilities for a position is known as a   show
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The sum of the beliefs and values shared by those within the organization, serving to formally and informally communicate its expectations is also known as the   show
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Police recruits enter the profession with high ideals and standards and with exposure to the occupation; attitudes and values may undergo significant change and soon differ from attitudes of the general population. This is known as   show
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show code of silence  
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show leadership, role modeling, training  
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As a leader, you have a responsibility to create an environment in which the needs of the __________ and the needs of the __________ meld together to accomplish the mission.   show
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show four  
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show touchstone values  
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show cultural awareness  
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show Morse and Lorsch's motivational theory that suggests fitting tasks, officers and agency goals so that officers can feel competent.  
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show Vroom's motivational theory that employees will choose the level of effort that matches the performance opportunity for reward.  
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show workers are positively affected by receiving attention, which affects research efforts.  
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show Maslow's motivational theory that people have certain needs that must be met in a specific order going from basic physiological needs to safety and security, social, esteem and self-actualization needs.  
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hygiene factors   show
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show a person's or group's state of mind, level of enthusiasm and involvement with work and with life; how employees feel, in contrast to discipline, which is how employees act.  
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motivation   show
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show intangible rewards that can cause satisfaction.  
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negative reinforcement   show
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show increases the likelihood that a behavior will occur in the future by introducing an appealing or pleasurable stimuli as a consequence of that behavior.  
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show what managers and supervisors expect of their officers and how managers treat officers largely determine officers' performance and career progress.  
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reinforcement theory   show
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self-actualization   show
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show the theory that people live up to expectationsif people believe they can do a job, they usually can, but if people believe they cannot do a job, they usually cannot.  
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two-factor theory   show
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show officer retention  
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show work motivation  
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show do a good job  
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One of the motivational theories, the hierarchy of needs was postulated by   show
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The two-factor hygiene/motivator theory was developed by   show
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show Skinner  
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This theory combines some features of the preceding theories and advances the ideas that employees believe good work on the job will lead to high job performance and that high job performance will lead to job rewards and was developed by   show
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show Morse and Lorsch  
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What managers and supervisors expect of their officers and how they treat them largely determine their performance and career progress and is called:   show
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show humanity  
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appeal   show
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arbitration   show
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complainant   show
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complaint   show
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comprehensive discipline   show
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conflict   show
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confrontation technique   show
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show a major problem.  
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decoupling   show
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show training expected to produce a desired behaviorcontrolled behavior or administering punishment; also a state of affairs or how employees act, in contrast to morale, which is how employees feel.  
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show a complaint or grievance in which the investigation determines that the matter did occur, but was proper and legal.  
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Garrity protection   show
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general orders   show
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show a formally registered complaint; a claim by an employee that a rule or policy has been misapplied or misinterpreted to the employee's detriment.  
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grievant   show
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show occurs when managers or supervisors accumulate negative behaviors of a subordinate and then dump them all on the employee at the same time rather than correcting them as they occurred.  
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insubordination   show
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show uses 3-by-5-inch cards as a means to get people in conflict to share their most important ideas about a problem and to come to a mutual understanding of and respect for each other's viewpoints.  
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show employee who has demonstrated ability to perform but who does just enough to get by.  
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mediation   show
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show failing to terminate an employee when justified.  
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show when an officer present at a scene where use of force is in question and is obviously excessive and the nonactor officer did nothing to prevent it, that officer is also held liable by the courts.  
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show a form of civil disobedience reflecting a philosophy of nonviolence; often used by protestors and demonstrators.  
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pinch   show
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Pinch Model   show
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show pays attention to basic interests and mutually satisfying options; avoids positional bargaining that tends to produce rushed agreements that can lead to damaged relationships.  
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progressive discipline   show
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reprimand   show
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show unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that affect an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates a hostile work environment.  
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show discretionary authority used when a supervisor feels an officer is not fit for duty or for any reason the supervisor feels a need for immediate action.  
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sustained   show
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unfounded   show
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__________ discipline uses training to foster compliance with rules and regulations and performance at peak efficiency.   show
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show imposing some form of discipline  
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The purpose of __________ is to promote desired behavior, which may be done by encouraging acceptable behavior or punishing unacceptable behavior.   show
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The foundation on which an agency's discipline must be based is   show
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show marginal performer  
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show difficult people  
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There are two types of recognized sexual harassment, quid pro quo and   show
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When an agency or employer who knowingly retains an employee who should have been terminated, and then that employee does something "wrong" in the eyes of the public, that agency or employer could be sued for   show
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The majority of excessive force claims are filed against police officer and agencies using   show
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show Early Intervention System (EIS)  
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arbitration   show
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show a person or group filing a complaint.  
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confrontation technique   show
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show pays attention to basic interests and mutually satisfying options; avoids positional bargaining that tends to produce rushed agreements that can lead to damaged relationships.  
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reframing   show
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Even for the most efficient managers, these are an unavoidable part of being a manager and may be made by a citizen or employee:   show
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show mediation  
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show community-police mediation  
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The investigation of internal complaints should have as its primary purpose to   show
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show job dissatisfaction  
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show confidence  
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show IA (Internal Affairs)  
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This law gives law enforcement officers, sheriffs and correctional officers the right to be notified of any pending disciplinary action within a reasonable time before action takes effect.   show
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Garrity vs. New Jersey (1967), used during an internal affairs investigation, protects an officer under investigation, and gives the officer the right to   show
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Insisting that two disputing people or groups meet face-to-face to resolve their differences, may effectively resolve conflicts, or it may make them worse. This is called   show
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show severe, intense distress that lasts a limited time, and then the person returns to normal; sometimes called traumatic stress.  
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show a stressful incident that greatly affects an officer's family and leaves damaging emotional scars.  
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show the symbol of a law enforcement officer who wants to make a difference in the world.  
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show occurs when someone is exhausted or made listless through overwork; results from long-term, unmediated stress; symptoms include lack of enthusiasm and interest, a drop in job performance, temper flare-ups, and a loss of will, motivation or commitment.  
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show to go from complete calm to high activity and pressure in one burst.  
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show less severe than acute stress, but continuous; eventually becomes debilitating; sometimes called cumulative stress.  
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show the body's complex biological timekeeping system.  
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show any event, such as a mass disaster or a brutally murdered child, that elicits an overwhelming emotional response from those witnessing it and whose emotional impact goes beyond the person's coping abilities.  
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critical incident stress debriefing (CISD)   show
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CSI effect   show
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show less severe but continues and eventually becomes debilitating.  
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show negative stress.  
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show day-oriented; humans are by nature diurnal in their activities.  
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employee assistance program (EAP)   show
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eustress   show
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homeostasis   show
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posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)   show
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show the ability to adapt to significant adversity or trauma; is the key to stress management.  
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sleep inertia   show
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show a condition that affects police decision making in crisis; asserts that if a person has provoked or threatened a police officer, at that instant the provoker rather than the police should be viewed as the cause of any resulting injuries or damages.  
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show tension, anxiety or worry; can be positive, eustress, or negative, distress.  
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show severe, extremely intense distress that lasts a limited time, and then the person returns to normal.  
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type A personality   show
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type B personality   show
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show psychological stress  
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show eustress  
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show homeostasis  
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There are two generally recognized personality types, type A and Type B. Of these two personality types, which is usually subject to higher levels of stress?   show
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show administrative aspects of police work  
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An unavoidable part of the life of a law enforcement officer are/is   show
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Officers' that worry about their competency to handle assignments as well as feelings of helplessness and vulnerability are/is called   show
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The key to stress management is the ability to adapt to significant adversity or trauma and is called   show
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show CISD - critical incident stress debriefing  
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A fitness for duty evaluation ensures safe and efficient operations and helps departments and officers avoid   show
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show focuses on preventing and detecting crime by investigating suspicious activity; also called proactive patrol.  
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show hiring citizens to perform certain tasks for law enforcement agencies  
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cone of resolution   show
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show a model illustrating how all three elementsmotivated offender, suitable victim and adequate locationare required for crime to occur.  
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hot spots   show
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show time elapsed between the occurrence of an incident and it being reported to the police; often more important than response time.  
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show software programs that organize data to assist in decision making  
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show converting resources to achieve results in the most efficient and effective way possible  
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show area assignments are determined by requests for services, based on available data.  
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show a specific number or proportional share that each officer is expected to contribute or receive.  
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random patrol   show
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show time span to which personnel are assigned.  
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triage   show
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show patrol division  
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The shift that is most attractive scheduling option, that provides more days off, more officers on patrol, and better matching the workload is   show
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show proportionate assignment  
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show lag time  
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show random patrol  
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show aggressive patrol  
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The most common method of patrol is   show
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show two-officer units  
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Civilianization is a __________ way to make use of the numerous and varied capabilities of citizens, while at the same time freeing up law enforcement personnel to concentrate their efforts on tasks they have been specifically trained for.   show
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A strategic goal of this government agency is are the prevention of, protection from, response to and recovery from terrorist attacks.   show
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activity-based costing (ABC)   show
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show everyone affected by the budget helps prepare it.  
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block grant   show
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show allows shifting funds from one expense category to another as long as expenses do not exceed the total amount budgeted.  
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show a list of probable expenses and income during a given period, most often one year.  
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capital budget   show
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contingency funds   show
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show providing the same or more services with less funding; also called budget reduction or reduced expenditure spending.  
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discretionary budget   show
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discretionary grant   show
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show a plan or schedule adjusting expenses during a certain period to the estimated income for that period.  
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show the 12-month accounting period used by an agency.  
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show costs that are relatively constant, for example, rent or insurance; also called overhead.  
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formula grant   show
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line items   show
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show identifies specific categories (line items) and dollars allocated for each, and usually based on the preceding year's budget and anticipated changes in the upcoming year.  
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show contains projections for income statement items as well as expenses, including all expenses needed to run the department: salaries, insurance, electricity and the like.  
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overhead   show
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performance budgeting   show
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program budgeting   show
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show costs that will change depending on the level of service provided, for example personnel.  
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variance analysis   show
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show begins with a clean slate, justifying each expenditure anew and based on merit, rather than being based on the preceding year's funding level.  
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"The process of planning and controlling the future operations of a business by developing a set of financial goals and evaluating performance in terms of these goals" is called   show
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Funds that are set aside to be used as needed and are a favorite target in annual budget battles is called   show
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show bottom-line philosophy  
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This type of budgeting allocates dollars based on productivity:   show
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show zero-based budgeting  
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Comparison of actual costs against what was budget and analyzing the differences is called   show
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One way to reduce costs is to establish a __________ approach to common problems to allow multiple jurisdictions to pool resources and share those that are not needed full-time.   show
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Volunteers do more than just save money, they add __________ to department services and enhance community policing.   show
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show asset forfeiture  
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show Byrne Formula Grants  
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show when the rate of selection is different for special classes than for the most selected class of applicants; rule of thumb is that an adverse impact occurs when the selection rate of any class of persons is less than 80% of the selection rate of the top gr  
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affirmative action program (AAP)   show
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background check   show
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show a requirement reasonably necessary to perform the job; it may on the surface appear to be discrimination  
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branding   show
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show prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender or national origin by private employers with 15 or more employees, governments, unions and employment agencies.  
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show prohibits management from hiring nonunion workers.  
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collective bargaining   show
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)   show
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938   show
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show the tendency to assume that candidates who are strong (or weak) in one area will also be strong (or weak) in other areas  
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show two distinct parts: (1) management must first prove that the act in question was actually committed in violation of an agency policy and (2) management must show that the discipline imposed was not arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable or discriminatory.  
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Landrum Griffin Act of 1959   show
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show legalized collective bargaining and required employers to bargain with the elected representatives of their employees.  
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show the principal enforcement agency for laws regulating relations between management and unions.  
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show failure to use an adequate selection process resulting in hiring personnel unqualified or unsuited for law enforcement work; often includes failure to check for prior offenses of misconduct  
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reverse discrimination   show
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right-to-work laws   show
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special employment groups   show
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show balanced the power of unions and management by prohibiting several unfair labor practices, including closed shops, which prohibited management from hiring nonunion workers.  
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show any group authorized to represent the members of an agency in negotiating such matters as wages, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment.  
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union shop   show
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show makes others specifically associated with a person also responsible for that person's actions.  
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yellow-dog contract   show
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zipper clause   show
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"Law enforcement agencies are hindered in recruitment by a lack of __________ for recruitment, a lack of understanding of the market, and advertising and marketing methods that are out of touch and out of date for today's potential applicant."   show
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The reason the hiring process is so critical in law enforcement in part because of __________, which is the legal responsibility one person has for the acts of another.   show
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show maturity and stability  
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show the enemy  
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The selection process is sometimes lengthy, and the best-qualified candidates are   show
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This part of the hiring process is usually conducted by a member of the agency and can prevent many potential problems and save the cost of training an unsuitable employee.   show
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The most widely used psychological screening test by all law enforcement agencies nationwide that measures cognitive ability, quantitative and language reasoning is   show
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The tendency to assume that candidates who are strong (or weak) in one area will also be strong (or weak) in other areas is called   show
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show Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1970  
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show qualified individual with a disability (QID)  
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accreditation   show
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show specific characteristics for a position are determined; employees are then rated against these characteristics by on-the-job behaviors in each area.  
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by-the-numbers evaluation   show
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show suggest that organizations regulate themselves by gathering and reacting to information about their performance.  
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show focus on simplifying, appraising and summarizing data.  
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show to determine the worth of, to find the amount or value of or to appraise.  
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show tendency to rate one who performs above average in one area above average in all areas or vice versa.  
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horn effect   show
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show focus on making statistically educated guesses from a sample of data.  
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performance appraisal   show
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show private, one-on-one discussions of the performance appraisal by manager and subordinate.  
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show a procedure to allow those being evaluated to have input by completing a form outlining their accomplishments.  
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show an attempt to make evaluation count for something.  
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show targets to be met, including level of performance.  
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show appraisals that are well grounded and sound in which the factors rated are job related and the raters are trained.  
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show evaluation  
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show line inspection  
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show informal  
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The main purpose of a performance evaluation is to improve employee   show
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Those evaluations that usually include a physical and psychological evaluation are very detailed and complicated and are called   show
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show scientifically valid  
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show performance  
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show twice a year  
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This type of rating system is looked upon as being inherently unfair.   show
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Efforts to measure the performance of programs is consistent with the trend toward   show
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show based on a classic experiment, suggests that managers must pay attention to change in their environment and adaptor perish.  
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show identifying the factors that are likely to drive the environment, influencing the future; includes social and economic conditions.  
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show the science of using data from the past to forecast alternatives for the future and to then select those most desirable.  
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The values of society can change faster than the law, and sometimes change for a time in ways __________. This could lead to the spread of activities that are criminal under the law, even though they may be accepted by a substantial portion of society.   show
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Technical competence used to be the most important for management skills, now and in the years ahead __________ are the most important.   show
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show data mining  
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International fraud, money laundering and other economic crimes (particularly carried out via the Internet) are a growing problem and one that can be expected to   show
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show Israel  
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show immigration  
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show unfettered access to them  
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Longer life expectancies mean extended careers and longer retirements, raising pension costs for police departments can make __________ difficult for younger officers.   show
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show work ethic  
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show immigration  
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