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Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
When responding to a bomb threat, prior to arrival at the scene, an officer should
Call for backup
Surround the area
Rope off the area
Turn off all radios
What is the first thing that a criminal justice professional should call into dispatch when conducting a traffic stop?
Traffic stop location
Number of occupants
Vehicle registration
Color of the vehicle
When speaking on the radio an officer should
Clear his or her voice to be better heard
Speak quickly to relay all the information
Place mouth directly on the microphone
Speak in a clear normal voice
Since most people only retain approximately 10% of what they hear which item is most preferred when documenting the details of a crime scene?
Maintenance Reports
Court Notes
Supervisor Report
Field Notes
Three characteristics of a good police report are:
Legibility, clarity, and accuracy
Completeness, fullness, and certainty
Clarity, subjectivity, and particularity
Balance, rapidity ,and conciseness
Utilizing appropriate _______________ language techniques can de-escalate an emotionally charged situation
Dominating
Body
Threatening
Non-invasive
Motor vehicle crash reports provide important information for:
Driver licensing
The Department of Revenue
Traffic engineering
Driver education teachers
To be effective, officers must utilize communication skills that involve ________________ messages.
Verbal and non-verbal
Domineering and intimidating
Complimentary and physical
Emotional and physical
Crossing of the arms and/or legs when questioning a suspect is a probable sign of
Nervous leg syndrome
Questioning of a hostile witness
non-verbal deception
Fight or flight syndrome
One of the biggest problems facing police officers is the lack of public _______________
Funding
Confidence
Attention
Consideration
One of the most controversial and damaging issues facing police officers and public perception of the police is _______________
Police training
Affirmative action
Crime rate increase
Police brutality
Five steps for effective public relations are research, planning, action, communication, and _______________
Service
Evaluation
Training
Payment
The ___________ is a computer-based national law enforcement clearinghouse.
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
United States Information Center (USIC)
National Criminal Activity Center (NCAC)
All States Crime Center (ASCC)
The __________ maintains the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system.
ATF
FBI
CIA
DEA
To the police officer community service is to
Not be important, but expected
Take away from important police work
Help reduce & prevent crimes
Both A & B
When citizens are alerted to a crime problem crime reporting usually
Decreases
Remains the same
Increases
Is no longer necessary
Community service as part of a police officer’s job, can be described as
Vital
Routine
Regular
General
Part of the police officer’s role in preserving the peace is to
Handle disputes
Quell disturbances
Maintain order
All of the above
The purpose of the neighborhood block program is to
Deter burglaries
Prevent thefts
Provide safety for children
All of the above
Police officers can best understand the problems of a citizen through
Experience
Education
Training
Role playing
Operation identification programs were established to
Stop drug traffic
Identify lost or stolen property
Screen criminals
Identify murder victims
Which of the following is most true about field notes?
They can never be destroyed
They cannot be introduced as evidence in court
They can be routinely destroyed after being incorporated in a report
They must be routinely filed with the report
Police reports should be objective. That most nearly means
They must be written from the officer’s viewpoint
They must be written without prejudice or Bias
They must be written in the order that things happened
They must be written in the first person
Identify the best phrasing for a report:
a.Smith & Stevens had a verbal altercation and then a mutual confrontation
a.Smith & Steven had a dispute resulting in a physical confrontation
a.Smith & Steven had an argument and then a fight.
a.Smith & Steven had a verbal confrontation and then an altercation
Identify the best phrasing for a report
I kept Jones under observation
I maintained visual surveillance over Jones
I visually monitored Jones
I watched Jones
The exact location in which a crime occurred is essential for establishing
The elements of the crime
The modus operandi of the crime
Your legal jurisdiction over the crime
Your corpus delecti of the crime
When speaking with victims and witnesses, in trying to locate a suspect, it is most important to obtain
A good physical description
A possible direction of travel
Current weather conditions
All of the above
When interviewing a possible suspect, the officer should use which of the following?
Prone position
Weaver stance
Interview stance
Backward stance
When conducting a photo line up, you should
Have all suspects of different heights
Have all suspects of different races
Have all suspects who have similar physical features
Have both male and female subjects
What type of information is contained in an operational report?
An estimate of what happened
Your theory of events
Factual information of the event
Date and time only
An operational report should be submitted
Within a few days of the incident
In a timely manner
When your supervisor asks for it
When you return from lunch
After an officer submits an operational report, he/she may
Not remove the report from the records office, but may add supplements
Remove the report from records and add or erase as needed
Use white out
Ask records officers to make changes.
Operational reports are important because they
Are used to cover up errors
Are accurate records of fact
Help manage discipline of employees
Help determine who is not working
Supervisors may utilize operational reports to
Justify an increase in manpower
Track criminal activity
Determine distribution of manpower
All of the above
1 of the benefits of teamwork is that you can take advantage of
Coworker’s strengths
Others by choosing the easier tasks
Having seniority over new employees
Being more knowledgeable than coworkers
Treating coworkers the way you wish to be treated is a way of ____ your coworkers
Trying to gain favors from
Competing with
Getting advantage over
Showing respect for
When interacting with others on the job, it is important to be sensitive to
Their personal family problems
Cultural differences
Their need to structure work schedules around family activities
Personal conflicts among all employees
Stereotyping of groups in the community by the police leads to
Good relations
Poor communications
Increased respect for police
A good police image.
