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COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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COLORADO POST STUDY GUIDENational Incident Management System (NIMS) // Incident Control System (ICS) -
ANSWERS-- ICS has been adapted for all public hazards
- Unity of command: each person reports to 1 person
- Unified command: single commander for all forces
- Span of control: the number of subordinates that a superior can manage
effectively (3-7 people)
- Modular structure gives the ability to expand and contract to meet the needs of
the incident; top-down organizational structure
- Strike teams and task forces maximize the effective use of resources and
minimize the span of control
5 Major INCS functional components - ANSWERS-- Operations: direct tactical
- Planning/intel: collect and analyze data, action plan
- Logistics: provide support
- Finance/admin: cost accounting & procurement
- Command: overall responsibility
--- Incident commander is usually the highest ranking first responder
Triad of Tactical Thinking - ANSWERS-- Focus point: an area of clear, immediate,
and present danger that requires the officer to take immediate response
- Areas of responsibility: areas in which an attack could originate
,- Problem areas
10 Deadly Officer Safety Survival Errors - ANSWERS-Mindset, tombstone courage,
not enough sleep, taking a bad position, stay alert, failing to watch hands of
subject, assuming it's "nothing", not appropriately using handcuffs, no search /
improper search, dirty / inoperable equipment
Who signs off on a felony complaint? - ANSWERS-District Attorney
14yr old son can be compelled to testify against their father? - ANSWERS-No
statutory privilege
What court has jurisdiction over CO? - ANSWERS-10th Federal Circuit Court
Best way to ensure community policing in an agency - ANSWERS-Reduce decision
making to its lowest level
Common denominator of gangs - ANSWERS-All gangs use juveniles to get around
adult sanctions
Required element to prove theft - ANSWERS-The value of the property stolen
Accessory - ANSWERS-- Helps after the crime
,- Accomplice liability tracks that degree of knowledge that the complicitor's
actions of aiding and abetting evince, and, where the complicitor is engaged in a
common enterprise with the principal, he or she may be held liable as a
complicitor for reckless crimes.
Accomplice - ANSWERS-Aiding before or during the duration of the crime (i.e.
providing the guns for the crime)
Off-duty - ANSWERS-You're acting for the agency and for the employer
Illegal to have sexual activity with (familial) - ANSWERS-step-child under 21 -- NOT
illegal for first-cousin, half-bloods
Position of Trust does NOT include - ANSWERS-Health-care provider
Goal's of the children's code - ANSWERS-- To preserve and strengthen family ties
whenever possible
- To remove a child when his welfare is endangered
- To assist child removed from parents in becoming a responsible and productive
member of society
Reports pertaining to children, especially child abuse and negligence reports are: -
ANSWERS-Confidential with limited access
, Can you give a defense attorney a police report if they request it? - ANSWERS-No,
they must get the report through discovery motions through the DA.
When can you interview a juvenile suspect alone? - ANSWERS-After Miranda
advisement + after parents have waived their presence in writing
Guardian ad litem is appointed for what purpose? - ANSWERS-To protect the best
interests of a child in all court proceedings
Who determines the best interest of the child and that further action should be
taken when a delinquency petition is filed? - ANSWERS-District Attorney
In the in re Gault decision, children were given - ANSWERS-Many of the same
fundamental rights and protections as adults in delinquency cases
When a victim's property is no longer needed, the DA or LEA shall return the
property upon request within: - ANSWERS-5 business days
"Juvenile" for the purposes of possessing a handgun charges, is any person under:
- ANSWERS-18 years
Colorado Children's Code defined a "newborn" as less than: - ANSWERS-72 hours
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