Regarding the Standard Measure of the Level of Police Protection

question 13

Multiple Choice

Regarding the standard measure of the level of police protection

• A) it is computed by dividing the annual number of crimes by the number of sworn officers
• B) the figure is meaningless because it does not tell us how departments utilize their officers
• C) the police/population ratio is consistent nationwide due to a federal mandate
• D) research indicates that the larger number of sworn officers per 1,000 population, the safer the city

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