A noted concern with minorities in policing is that they may:

• A. Police Their Own Ethnic Group
• B. They Will Not Engage With The Community
• C. They Will Enforce Laws More Leniently
• D. They Will Only Patrol Urban Areas

Answer: (A)

The idea tested is bias and loyalty in policing. A shared ethnic background can create a sense of loyalty to the community the officer comes from, which can lead to policing that community in a way that is not entirely objective. This concern is about how impartial enforcement can be affected when officers are from the same group as those they police, raising worries about favoritism, biased decision-making, or conflicts of interest. That is why the option describing policing their own ethnic group best captures the potential issue.

The other ideas don’t align as directly with this concern. Engaging with the community is typically a goal of policing and not a problem. A tendency to enforce laws more leniently could be a consequence of bias but is not the fundamental notion; it’s the impartiality and trust issues that underlie the broader concern. Patrol patterns restricted to urban areas don't relate specifically to minority status in policing.