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True or false: Prior to the 1950s, police officers received formal training.
True or false: Prior to the 1950s, police officers received formal training.
False
True or false: The COPS era emphasizes cultural diversity, communication, crime prevention, and problem-solving.
True or false: The COPS era emphasizes cultural diversity, communication, crime prevention, and problem-solving.
True
True or false: The reform era focused on the technical and mechanical aspects of police duties, rather than a generalist approach.
True or false: The reform era focused on the technical and mechanical aspects of police duties, rather than a generalist approach.
True
Police academy training has two general aspects: The academic component and the hands-on training component.
Police academy training has two general aspects: The academic component and the hands-on training component.
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Traditional police academies are designed in a paramilitary fashion.
Traditional police academies are designed in a paramilitary fashion.
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Police officers are required to receive periodic refresher training throughout their careers for perishable skills.
Police officers are required to receive periodic refresher training throughout their careers for perishable skills.
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Modern police training focuses exclusively on law or technical policing skills.
Modern police training focuses exclusively on law or technical policing skills.
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Soft skills training is not important in policing.
Soft skills training is not important in policing.
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Law enforcement agencies around the world are not held accountable with similar expectations.
Law enforcement agencies around the world are not held accountable with similar expectations.
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The focus of organizational management should be on results, not behaviors.
The focus of organizational management should be on results, not behaviors.
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True or false: Soft skills such as communication and problem solving are not emphasized in police training during the reform era.
True or false: Soft skills such as communication and problem solving are not emphasized in police training during the reform era.
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True or false: Only 10 percent of a police officer's job duties require the use of firearms and other use-of-force tactics.
True or false: Only 10 percent of a police officer's job duties require the use of firearms and other use-of-force tactics.
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True or false: Traditional police training focuses primarily on paramilitary approaches and technical policing skills.
True or false: Traditional police training focuses primarily on paramilitary approaches and technical policing skills.
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True or false: The contemporary police training approach incorporates principles of adult education and civilian perspectives.
True or false: The contemporary police training approach incorporates principles of adult education and civilian perspectives.
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True or false: Cognitive skills include decision-making, impulse control, conscientiousness, and adaptability?
True or false: Cognitive skills include decision-making, impulse control, conscientiousness, and adaptability?
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True or false: Emotional skills include resiliency, emotional regulation, and stress tolerance?
True or false: Emotional skills include resiliency, emotional regulation, and stress tolerance?
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True or false: Social skills involve communicating tactfully and respectfully with others?
True or false: Social skills involve communicating tactfully and respectfully with others?
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True or false: Moral skills include integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness?
True or false: Moral skills include integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness?
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