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POST REVIEW 1
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What is sensory distortion?
An officer may hallucinate that an offender already shot him
How does an officer react to the threat of another person?
Locate, react, control, identify
The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress?
Deep belly breathing
When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail for safety reasons. Only a facility that is
suitable and readily available. A mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of 24
hours
When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an officer should?
Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your
witnesses
An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by?
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer ability and the number of officers
assigned to the case
When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases, what are they?
Assess the situation
Take immediate corrective action
Listen and observe
Follow-up
When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness heard a loud noise,
what perception might the witness have?
, A small crowd may seem large
When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal deployment)
Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur when a locked and sliding
wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole in the road. It is called?
A skip skid mark
Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Turn the wheel to the left
On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a partner, one officer approach only, the officer
must stay out of the kill zone
What is verbal judo used for?
To get the individual to comply with verbal demands
What are characteristics of a hate crime?
No gain is made and property is usually not stolen. Typically involves harassment or assault
When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished, what should you do?
Leave the courtroom and resume your normal duties
What are the 2 core components of community policing?
Community Partnership
Problem Solving
What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer?
Assessment
Characteristics of gang activity are?
Graffiti
Drive by shooting
Collecting on street corners and alleys, schools etc.
Graded A+
POST REVIEW 1
..........
What is sensory distortion?
An officer may hallucinate that an offender already shot him
How does an officer react to the threat of another person?
Locate, react, control, identify
The simplest way for an officer to relieve stress?
Deep belly breathing
When is an officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in jail?
When there is no room in an institution and he is placed in jail for safety reasons. Only a facility that is
suitable and readily available. A mentally ill person amy only be held in a jail for a maximum of 24
hours
When there is a robbery in progress, and a suspect is in the area an officer should?
Proceed as rapidly as possible but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene
When an officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?
Record any victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your
witnesses
An officer's note taking is minimized at the crime scene by?
The type of offense, conditions of the case, officer attitude, officer ability and the number of officers
assigned to the case
When going to the scene of a domestic disdpute, there are four phases, what are they?
Assess the situation
Take immediate corrective action
Listen and observe
Follow-up
When an officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness heard a loud noise,
what perception might the witness have?
, A small crowd may seem large
When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?
Tactical techniques that buy you the greatest safety. (Diagonal deployment)
Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur when a locked and sliding
wheel bounces over a bump, rut, rails or hole in the road. It is called?
A skip skid mark
Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?
Turn the wheel to the left
On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach?
Tactical Edge states on p. 291 that when working with a partner, one officer approach only, the officer
must stay out of the kill zone
What is verbal judo used for?
To get the individual to comply with verbal demands
What are characteristics of a hate crime?
No gain is made and property is usually not stolen. Typically involves harassment or assault
When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished, what should you do?
Leave the courtroom and resume your normal duties
What are the 2 core components of community policing?
Community Partnership
Problem Solving
What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer?
Assessment
Characteristics of gang activity are?
Graffiti
Drive by shooting
Collecting on street corners and alleys, schools etc.
