Which term refers to police with powers like other officers but limited to a narrowly defined geographic area?

• A. Special-Jurisdiction Police
• B. Substantive Law
• C. Task Forces
• D. Tribal Police

Answer: (A)

The concept being tested is how police authority can be restricted to a specific place while still being full police powers. Special-jurisdiction police are agencies created to serve a defined area—like a campus, transit system, or airport—and they have the same powers as other officers (arrest, investigation, enforcement) but their authority is limited to that particular geographic area. They operate within that zone to handle safety and law enforcement needs specific to that setting, and usually coordinate with city or county police for incidents that occur outside their boundary.

Substantive law describes the actual content of laws, not a policing structure. Task forces are temporary, multi-agency groups assembled to tackle a particular problem and don’t represent a permanently geographic police authority. Tribal police do have police powers on tribal lands, but their defining feature is authority within tribal jurisdictions, not a narrowly defined area inside a larger city or system. The description most closely matches special-jurisdiction police.