MPTC Patrol Test Exam Questions With Correct Solutions

What isn't protected under the 1st amendment - ANS Obscenity Fighting words Threats Incendiary Speech What are the three types of crowds? - ANS Event-based Public Demonstration Civil Disturbance What are the common types of crowd dynamics - ANS Personal Identity Social Identity Emotional contagion MGL 269 s. 1 - Group Disorder - ANS It is unlawful for 5 or more people who are armed with dangerous weapons : or 10 or more people armed or not, to riotously or tumultuously assemble in a city or town MGL 41 s. 98 - Officers power to disperse an assembly - ANS - chief and officers can break up a group of 3 or more persons and may enter a building to suppress a riot or breach of peace therein * It is per se unreasonable for officers to cross a threshold to effect a warrantless arrest absent exigency Four (4) key objectives of crime prevention - ANS 1 Deter 2 Deny 3 Delay 4 Detect Types of deterrence - ANS general: targets those who have never committed a crime by instilling fear of consequences mechanical : measures and strategies that make it more difficult for would be offenders to commit a crime casual : aims to remove causes or conditions that create a desire to commit crime rehabilitative: people who have been arrested; working with them on social, financial or other conditions to prevent repeat crimes 5 types of risk management - ANS risk avoidance risk reduction risk spreading risk transfer