NC BLET State Exam Questions And
Answers Updated 2024/2025
Ethics - answer✔the discipline of determining good and evil and defining moral duties
Morals - answer✔the principles of right and wrong
Crime Fighter (Crime Control Model) - answer✔repression of criminal conduct is the most
important function; failure of LE means the breakdown of order; criminal process is the positive
guarantor of social freedom; efficiency is a top priority; emphasis is on speed and finality; a
conveyor belt is the model for the system; there is a presumption of guilt
Public Servant (Due Process Model) - answer✔there is a possibility of error; finality is not a
priority; there is insistence on prevention and elimination of mistakes; efficiency is rejected if it
involves shortcuts; protection of process is important as protection as innocents; the coercive
power of the state is always subject to abuse
Common drivers of unethical behavior - answer✔Noble Cause Corruption
"The Blue Curtain"/Code of Silence
Slippery Slope/"Mama Rosa's test"
6 major groups of unethical behavior in LE - answer✔1. Graft, bribery, and classic corruption
2. Process corruption
3. Brutality and excessive force
4. on-duty unprofessional conduct
5. Workplace deviance
6. off-duty unprofessional conduct
3 sources of law - answer✔1. Constitutional law
2. Statutory law
3. Common law
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Criminal and civil consequences of violating someone's constitutional rights - answer✔criminal
prosecution, civil liability, departmental sanctions, evidence excluded
Territorial jurisdiction of State officers - answer✔anywhere in the state
Territorial jurisdiction of County officers - answer✔in the county; any property owned by the
county (even if it is outside the county); as well as any waterways adjacent/surrounding the
county
Territorial jurisdiction of municipal/city police - answer✔city limits + 1 mile (even if it crosses
city or state lines); any property owned by the city outside the city limits
Territorial jurisdiction of campus police - answer✔on campus; any roadway adjacent to campus;
IF the city and campus make an agreement, then campus PO can have jurisdiction outside of
campus
Territorial jurisdiction of company police - answer✔property owned by the company plus any
location that they are contracted to work in
What makes LE different than any other public business? - answer✔Public Trust
Can you accept gifts and favors? - answer✔NO
Who are you in control of for professional purposes? - answer✔Yourself, my own standard of
professionalism
Do your personal feelings get involved with decisions? - answer✔NO, do the right thing, the
right way
Which source of law deals with governmental habits and customs? - answer✔Constitutional
Law
Who can issue a warrant? - answer✔A Judicial Official
Where is a warrant valid? - answer✔Anywhere in the state
Does a defendant need to be named or sufficiently described? - answer✔Sufficiently described
Who is a warrant addressing? - answer✔The officer
Who is a criminal summons addressing? - answer✔The defendant - advising them to come to
court
What are warrantless arrests? - answer✔i.e. shoplifting, concealment of merchandise, price tag
substitution, domestic criminal trespass, driving while impaired, DWI commercial vehicle
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