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GPSTC – TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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GPSTC – TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The police are responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient flow of vehicles
moving persons and goods on publicly travelled routes.
The fundamental goal of traffic rules and enforcement is to regulate traffic flow,
decrease accidents, and make streets and roads safer for cars and pedestrians.
The long-term purpose of enforcement - The answer is to raise the amount of
voluntary compliance with traffic restrictions.
A successful traffic stop - ANSWER is one in which an officer does everything
he can to create a learning opportunity for the driver
What is the most significant hurdle to a successful traffic stop? - ANSWER
conflict.
There are four categories of officer personalities. - ANSWER 1. The helpful
officer.
2. the dictatorial cop; 3. the pushy officer.
4. the officer who placates or pacifies
ANSWER: The helpful cop is driven by the need to help others.
-The major goal is to educate the driver by explaining that he committed a
violation, hence lowering the probability that the driver would do the infraction
again
, -May issue a warning.
-attitude is understanding and fair.
ANSWER: The authoritarian officer is largely motivated by their great feeling
of responsibility to the letter of the law.
-sometimes uphold the law at the expense of justice--their attitude is "the law os
the law"
-they delegate discretion to the courts
3 frequent qualities of the authoritarian officer - ANSWER 1. they perceive law
and justice as being the same instead of viewing the law as merely one weapon
of justice
2. They connect with middle-class values to the point where they consider
infractions of the law to be personal insults.
3. a preference for one's ethnic group over others.
The aggressive cop, ANSWER, has a lot of pent-up rage stemming from the
frustration of wanting far more from life than they are getting.
-motivation stems from the desire to even the score.
-They detonate periodically.
-complaints received regarding these police frequently included aggressive
language.
The placating or placifying officer - ANSWER- are "professional nice guys"
whose basic desires in life are to be liked and accepted.
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