Late 1970s Police Work Memory Test

What was the reason for the rush of adrenaline felt by the author as they drove to the scene of the incident?

What was the reason for the officer needs help call?

What was the schedule like for officers in 1978?

What was the author's days off?

How did the station supervisor inform the officers about the incident?

What was the location of the incident?

How many patrol units were headed code three to the scene of the incident?

What divided the West End from the rest of the city?

What was the Fifth Street gang known for?

What did the sergeant tell the officers to do when he heard about the incident?

Which department was considered the Gold Standard of law enforcement in California?

What was the nickname of the officer who was breaking up a fight in the mobile home park?

How many suspects were taken into custody during the incident in the mobile home park?

What was the officer's position when he retired from the Santa Ana Police Department?

What color does the author bleed, according to the text?

What did other agencies think of the Santa Ana Police Department?

What was the author's position at the time of the incident in the mobile home park?

What was the officer's nickname who was breaking a wooden chair over his back during the incident in the mobile home park?

What was the author's opinion of blue-suiters in the Santa Ana Police Department?

What was the author's position when he retired from the Santa Ana Police Department?

What was the reason for the discord between the rank and file and city management in the mid-1980s?

How many police officers were hired in less than a year during the late 1980s to address understaffing?

How many homicides were recorded in one year during the late 1980s when the department was understaffed?

Which police officer was murdered by Black Panthers on a street corner in 1969?

Which police officer was murdered by parolees in a gun battle at the scene of a burglary in 1977?

What has helped the traditions and history of the police department endure?

What has been the galvanizing thought that has helped the police department rise to the occasion during difficult times?

What was the homicide count during the year when the city had so many vacancies that it developed a Marshall Plan-like effort to hire 45 cops in less than a year?

What is the purpose of those in leadership positions according to the text?

What has never been new to the police department and the City of Santa Ana according to the text?

Did the author have weekends off when they first started working at the department?

Was the Fifth Street gang involved in turf wars with other gangs?

Did all the officers at the roll call respond to the 997 call for officer needs help?

Officer Nelson Sasscer was killed by Black Panthers on a street corner in 1977.

The mid-1980s saw union problems that resulted in discord between the rank and file and city management.

The Santa Ana Police Department has never faced challenges or difficulties.

Santa Ana Police Department was considered the premier police agency in Orange County during the author's time there

The author was a police officer with the Santa Ana Police Department for over three decades

The gang-banger breaking a wooden chair over an officer's back was apprehended by the police

The Santa Ana Police Department was not respected by other law enforcement agencies during the author's time there