OPOTA 2024 Exam Review Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question - Answer>>A test question must respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question
Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training - Answer>>To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and the public
List a peace officer's main goals - Answer>>- Enforce the laws
- Preserve the peace, - Prevent crime
- Protect civil rights and liberties
- Provide services
Explain items to consider when exercising discretion - Answer>>- Use sound judgment to determine which laws are to be formally enforced - Determine if there is a more constructive remedy without arrest or citation
Explain the factors necessary for the commission of crime - Answer>>Desire - the motivation behind criminal behavior Victim - potential target, unaware of surroundings Opportunity - crime prevention strategies
State the core concepts of community policing - Answer>>-
partnership between community and police -crime prevention -organizational change of agency -problem solving approach to police role is proactive
Considerations for off duty situations - Answer>>Behavior - social media, uphold ethics
Situational Awareness- be alert, pre plan, off duty weapon policy, be a good witness
State the purpose of Bill of Rights - Answer>>protect a individual's freedoms -prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Describe the major components of the criminal justice system - Answer>>Law Enforcement
Courts - hold fair & impartial trials, guilt or innocence, Impose sentences
Corrections - supervise offender
Goals of Sentencing - Answer>>-protect society -punish offender/rehabilitate -restore the victim
Recognize the tenets of the Below 100 - Answer>>-wear your seatbelt
-wear your vest -WIN what's important now -watch your speed -complacency kills
Lawful - Answer>>defined by laws and standards
Criminal Law - Answer>>identifies what actions are prohibited
Rules of Agency - Answer>>Administrative rules, general orders
Constitutional Law - Answer>>amendments
Police Legitimacy - Answer>>exists when the public view the police as authorized to exercise power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and solve problems in community
Judgement 1/3
public trust and confidence in police as being honest, trying to do jobs well, and protecting community - Answer>>Result
individuals are more likely to become actively involved in police community partnerships
Judgment #2
public willingness to defer the law and police authority - Answer>>Result Correlation between those who obey and those who view police as legitimate, cooperate by reporting crimes and providing information Judgement #3
public belief that police actions are morally justified and appropriate - Answer>>Result citizens are more likely to cooperate and defer in moments of crisis
circumstances when filming police officers is permissible - Answer>>-one party consents
-as long as it does not interfere with officers carrying out their duties
Race - Answer>>modern concept used to classify people by similar, observable physical characteristics
Genetically influenced traits - Answer>>Skin color, hair, eye shape, blood type, intelligence
connection between in / out groups, and police legitimacy - Answer>>some people interpret their encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than immediate circumstances of the police contact
Types of Racism - Answer>>individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural
Individual Racism - Answer>>internalized, unexpressed biases and prejudices based on race
Interpersonal Racism - Answer>>occurs between individuals, public expressions of racial prejudice and hate
institutional racism - Answer>>discriminatory policies and treatment by institutions
Structural Racism - Answer>>Collective way of history, culture, power inequality, unequal access to opportunities
Components of bias - Answer>>stereotypes, prejudice, attitude
Stereotypes - Answer>>generalizations about the perceived typical characteristics of a social category
Prejudice - Answer>>a often negative prejudgment based on characteristics such as race, age
Attitude - Answer>>positive or negative feelings associated with
individuals or groups Bias-based profiling - Answer>>-Racial/illegal profiling -unequal treatment by officers by stopping, questioning, searching, detaining on basis of their ethnicity
Criminal profiling - Answer>>Based on observed behaviors and characteristics
Two types of Bias - Answer>>explicit and implicit
Explicit Bias - Answer>>conscious preference for a social category
Implicit bias - Answer>>preference for a social category based on stereotypes that we hold and tend to develop in early life
Two modes of thinking - Answer>>automatic (system 1)
deliberative (system 2)
System 1 thinking - Answer>>automatic, effortless, unconscious, very fast
System 2 thinking - Answer>>Conscious, controlled, effortful, slower
practical purpose - Answer>>simplifies tasks which most adults do without having to systematically think about each step
protection mechanism - Answer>>we evaluate everything we see to determine if threatening or not
strategies to counter implicit biases - Answer>>-Guarding against influence in decision making -awareness -know when you're susceptible ( in complete info, cognitive load, fatigue)
-slow down thinking -empathetic -effort (intention, attention, time)
Two-pronged Approach to Procedural Justice - Answer>>person based approach community based model
person based approach - Answer>>emphasizes the importance
of face to face interactions between officer and a citizen