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1. Statute 3111 - ANS ✓What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged
against someone who turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience
to Traffic Devices)
2. Graham v. Connor - ANS ✓What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that
an Officer's reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather
than 20/20 hindsight of others?
3. Fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS ✓What term applies to any
evidence found through illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless
of the relationship between the act and the seizure?
4. Nix v. Williams - ANS ✓What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the
inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
5. Us v. Leon - ANS ✓What is the good faith exception to the
exclusionary rule?
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6. Involuntary commitment - ANS ✓What type of commitment
pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental institute, a thorough
psychiatric evaluation, or being taken to a Magisterial judge?
7. Order of courts - ANS ✓Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas,
Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior
Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
8. Sheriff department - ANS ✓If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and
there are firearms present, where must the firearms be taken?
9. Take immediately - ANS ✓A Police Officer responds to a domestic
disturbance for loud noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police
Officer notices a powdered substance in baggies on the table when
the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what should the
Officer do?
10. Yes - ANS ✓Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there
grants permission to the police to search her husband's unlocked
closet. Will her permission suffice?
11. 11 pm - ANS ✓What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in
the State of Pennsylvania?
12. Indecent assault - ANS ✓An 18 year old goes on a date with a
"14 year old" who is actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18
Pa.C.S. statute is he charged with?
13. Robbery - ANS ✓A person knocks another individual to the
ground and steals their purse with only $1.00 in it. What criminal
status is this offense considered?
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14. Leave payment on table - ANS ✓A restaurant offers a gratuity
to a Police Officer and foots the bill on the house. What should the
officer do?
15. Moral righteousness - ANS ✓A bunch of Police Officers rough
someone up after they are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their
force is NOT justifiable. What must you, as a Police Officer, consider
when you hand in your report?
16. No comment on partner testimony - ANS ✓If you, as a Police
Officer, testify in court, and you are told that your testimony conflicts
with your partner's, what should you say on the stand?
17. Trust - ANS ✓What is needed between the police and
community for policing to work?
18. Fruit of the poisonous tree - ANS ✓As a Police Officer, you
see a former convicted robber in possession of a sports bag and brief
case. Can you seize his/her possessions?
19. Hallow effect - ANS ✓What is concept of a Police Officer
paying attention to trivial things in a person, but influence the
interpretation and perception of other trivial things later in time?
20. Everyone - ANS ✓Who should a Police Officer be concerned
about attacking himself/herself while responding to a domestic
situation at large?
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