Multiple choice

1. The decision to use one-officer or two-officer patrol units should be determined by

A. first-line supervisors.

B. community standards.

C. municipal officials.

D. individual agency circumstances.

2. The main purpose for using employee performance evaluations is to

A. reduce the rate of budget increases.

B. maintain control of front-line employees.

C. improve employee performance.

D. restrict employee dissent.

3. In the future, police agencies will be serving communities that will

A. have a much larger proportion of teenagers.

B. include more single-parent families and more senior citizens.

C. demand far fewer police services.

D. have fewer senior citizens.

4. To meet legal requirements, the criteria used in job performance appraisals must be

A. job related.

B. approved by the federal government.

C. based only on the employee’s past six months of service.

D. approved by the police union.