Question

You are a new police officer, fresh out of the police academy where you finished the top of your class. As a new officer, you want to make a good impression with your fellow officers and chief. Your knowledge of how policing works, how it is supposed to work, and what the pitfalls can be is tantamount to your early success on the job.
Your department has just ordered two tanks and several dozen high-power, military-grade assault rifles. In which of the following directions is your police chief most likely taking your department?
a. Toward “big data” policing
b. Toward the warrior mentality of policing
c. Toward the guardian mentality of policing
d. Toward intelligence-led policing

Answer 1

A. Towards big data policing