NJ Police Captain flashcards
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- Span of control
- The number of subordinates one supervisor can effectively direct; common law enforcement range is three to seven, adjusted for task complexity and experience.
- Unity of command
- Each employee reports to one immediate supervisor, preventing conflicting orders and divided accountability; exceptions require clear coordination under unified command.
- POSDCORB
- An administrative framework: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and budgeting; used to analyze management functions and assign responsibilities.
- CompStat process
- A management model using timely intelligence, rapid deployment, effective tactics, and relentless follow-up to hold commanders accountable for crime and disorder outcomes.
- Transformational leadership
- Leadership through idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration; it raises follower commitment and performance beyond transactional exchange.
- Situational leadership
- A model matching telling, selling, participating, or delegating to follower readiness and task demands; the leader adjusts support and direction.
- Just culture
- An accountability model that consoles human error, coaches at-risk behavior, and punishes reckless conduct, while encouraging reporting of errors and near misses.
- Delegation accountability
- A supervisor may assign responsibility and grant authority, but retains accountability for the outcome; follow-up and clear limits are required.
- Terry stop
- A brief seizure based on reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; the officer may investigate but must not prolong the stop beyond its purpose.
- Search incident to arrest
- Permits searching the arrestee and immediate grabbing area; vehicle search requires an unsecured arrestee within reach or reason to believe evidence of the offense is present.
- Miranda custody test
- Custody exists when a reasonable person would not feel free to leave; it triggers warnings before interrogation, not for routine booking or volunteered statements.
- Brady material
- Exculpatory evidence that is material to guilt or punishment and must be disclosed by the prosecution; failure can violate due process and overturn convictions.
- Directed patrol
- Deployment focused on specific times, places, and problems identified by analysis; it is more effective than random patrol for targeted crime and disorder.
- Priority 1 call
- An emergency involving immediate threat to life, in-progress violence, or a serious crime in progress; dispatched before lower-priority calls.
- Contact team
- First-arriving active-shooter officers who move toward the threat, bypassing victims, to neutralize the attacker and stop the killing.
- Inner perimeter
- The controlled boundary closest to the incident that limits access and contains the threat; the outer perimeter manages traffic, media, and staging.
- Weingarten right
- A union-represented employee may request union representation during an investigatory interview that the employee reasonably believes may lead to discipline.
- Mandatory bargaining subject
- A topic involving wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment that the public employer must negotiate with the recognized union.
- FMLA leave
- Eligible employees may take up to twelve workweeks of unpaid leave per twelve-month period for qualifying family or medical reasons, with job protection.
- OPRA response time
- A public agency must grant or deny an Open Public Records Act request within seven business days, subject to lawful extension and exemptions.
- SARA model
- A community-policing problem-solving sequence: scanning, analysis, response, and assessment; it documents whether the chosen response reduced the problem.
- Procedural justice
- Fair process built on voice, neutrality, respect, and trustworthy motives; it increases voluntary compliance and public cooperation with police.
- Line-item budget
- A budget organized by object codes such as salaries, supplies, and vehicles; it controls inputs but shows little about service outcomes.
- Relief factor
- The ratio of total annual hours a post must be staffed to the annual hours one officer is available after leave, training, and other absences.
- Capital budget
- A plan for long-lived assets such as buildings, vehicles, and major equipment, often financed by bonds or reserves rather than annual operating funds.
- Unified command
- An incident command arrangement in which multiple agencies share authority through one command structure while each retains its own legal authority and resources.
- START triage
- A mass-casualty sorting method using respirations, perfusion, and mental status to assign immediate, delayed, minor, or deceased categories.
- COOP
- Continuity of operations planning identifies essential functions, orders of succession, delegations, alternate facilities, and communications to keep government operating during disruption.
- Major discipline
- In New Jersey, discipline such as termination, demotion, suspension over five days, or salary reduction; it triggers public disclosure requirements.
- Duty to intervene
- An officer who observes excessive force or misconduct must intervene when feasible and report the conduct to a supervisor.
- Early intervention system
- A data-based system that flags officers showing patterns of complaints, force, pursuits, or other indicators and prompts supervisory review before discipline.
- Giglio disclosure
- Prosecutors must receive information that could impeach an officer's credibility, including sustained dishonesty findings, so courts can assess testimony.