When It Comes to Police Discretion, Which One of the Following

question 5

Multiple Choice

When it comes to police discretion, which one of the following statements is associated with departmental policy?

• A) The less serious a crime is to the public, the more freedom officers have to use discretion.
• B) Police discretion is dependent upon the relationship between the alleged criminal and the victim.
• C) A polite complainant will be taken more seriously than a hostile one.
• D) Departmental policy recognizes that some officers are more likely to investigate criminal activity than others.
• E) Police administrators can set priorities and dictate changes that have enormous consequences on an officer's use of discretion.

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Definitions:

Free Will

The concept that humans have the capability to make choices unconstrained by certain factors, essentially the ability to act at one's own discretion.

Duress

A situation where a person performs an act as a result of violence, threat, or other pressure against them, questioning the voluntariness of their actions.

Fraudulent Misrepresentations

False statements made knowingly, or without belief in their truth, or recklessly without caring for their truth, which are intended to induce another party to enter into a contract.

International Business

The exchange of goods, services, technology, capital, and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational life.