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Types of Legal Liability - Answers -Civil liability
Criminal liability
Administrative liability
Federal law - Answers -42 U.S.C. 1983
Criminal Liability - Answers -State 16-5-1 and 16-5-42
criminal liability - Answers -Federal 18USC 241 AND 242
Administrative liability - Answers -Violation results in:
Dismissal
Demotion
Transfer
Reprimand
Vicarious Liability - Answers -A supervisor is responsible for the acts of his
subordinates.
Negligent hiring
Negligent retention
Failure to train
Elements in tort Liability - Answers -Owned a duty to plaintiff
That we breach that duty
There was injury to the plaintiff
Proximate cause of the injury is a direct connection between breach of duty and the
injury to the plaintiff
Plaintiff must prove amount the amount of damages
Civil Liability - Answers -Stare torts. Federal law 42 USC 1983
Intentional Torts - Answers -Occurs when there is an intention on the part of a peace
officer to bring some physical or mental harm to another person
,Negligent torts - Answers -Occurs when an officer performs a reasonable act within
his/her scope of duty but without due care.
Most common actions for suit - Answers -Use of force
Negligent Motor Vehicle Operation
Taking away freedom
Tort - Answers -Civil wrong for which a remedy may be obtained usually in the form of
damages.
Good faith defense - Answers -Honesty in belief or purpose
Faithfulness to one's duty or obligation
Observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in a given trade
Absence of malice
Conspiracy Against Rights - Answers -Two or more persons. 18 USC 241
Title 18 USC 242 - Answers -Deprivation of rights under color of law
absolute immunity - Answers -A complete exemption from civil liability usually afforded
to officials while performing particularly important functions, such as representative
enacting legislation and a judge presiding over a law suit.
quasi-judicial immunity - Answers -Certain officials are immune of performing judicial
type functions but not when performing other functions connected with their office.
Communication - Answers -To convey information or to get a point across
Interpersonal communication - Answers -Successfully communicating with another
person
It is a game of pitch and catch
Message intended v. Message received
verbal communications - Answers -Most common form of communication. Verbal
message is contradicted by the body language. Message intended is rarely the
message sent
non verbal communication - Answers -More important than spoken word. Of average
communications, only about 7% of message is actually conveyed by the spoken word
non verbal communication - Answers -Of average communications, only about 7% of
message is actually conveyed by the spoken word.
Effective communications - Answers -Active listeners
,Patient
Sensitive
Observant
effective communication - Answers -Speaking clearly and directly accomplishes two
things:
If we are speaking directly to them, they are more likely to listen.
It lets them know we are sincere
aspects of communication - Answers -Message intended
Message sent
Message received
Barriers to effective communication - Answers -Interruptions
Pretending to listen/daydreaming
Invading space
Overreacting
Distractions
Prejudices
intellectual disability disorder - Answers -Impairments of general abilities that impact a
persons ability to function
intellectual disability disorder - Answers -No Age requirement
Chronic disorder
IQ 70 or below
4 categories of IDD - Answers -Mild or educable
Moderate or trainable
Severe or moderately trainable
Profound or limited trainable
Characteristics of IDD - Answers -Limited verbal skills
Short attention span
Weak short-term memory
Types of mental illness - Answers -Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic disorder
Post traumatic stress
Characteristics of mentally ill - Answers -Changes in behavior
Memory loss
, Hears voices
involuntary hospitalization - Answers -Peace officers within 72 hrs of receipt of
certificate take custody of and deliver to nearest receiving facility the county where
patient is found or examined.
Mental illness - Answers -Depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders
and addictive behavior
What is the difference between mental illness and intellectual disability disorder? -
Answers -Mental illness is a disorder like depression and intellectual disability disorder
are impairments that impact ones ability to function.
1013 - Answers -Mentally ill form
2013 - Answers -Alcoholic/drug dependent form
foreign court - Answers -Any court of competent jurisdiction outside of GA but within the
US.
Cycle of violence - Answers -Build up
Explosion
Regret and remorse
Stockholm Syndrome - Answers -Debility
Dependency
Dread
Disorientation
What are the defenses available to officers involving torts? - Answers -Probable cause
and good faith
Good faith - Answers -Honesty is an intention or an honest belief yang the act you are
doing is lawful and not done because you do not like a person or because you intend to
cause unlawful harm to such person.
What elements are necessary to bring an action against an officer for 42 USC 1983? -
Answers -A violation of a federal constitutional right or statue
Such violation must be by a person acting under color state law
Acute (most common) - Answers -Fight or flight
Thrilling and exciting in small doses
Chronic stress (most dangerous) - Answers -Appears to be never ending
There is no way out
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