Depolicing is most directly associated with which policing trend?

• A. Depolicing
• B. CompStat
• C. Interrogations
• D. Exclusionary Rule

Answer: (A)

Depolicing describes a move away from proactive policing—fewer preemptive stops, patrols, and tactical enforcement as departments pull back in response to concerns about civil rights and community trust. The trend most directly associated with this idea is depolicing itself, since the term captures the shift toward less proactive, more restrained policing behavior.

Other options don’t fit as well: CompStat is a data-driven management system that often increases accountability and proactive enforcement, not a retreat from it; interrogations relate to how investigators obtain information, not a broad policing strategy; the Exclusionary Rule is a constitutional principle about evidence admissibility, not a policing trend.