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Colorado POST Test 1 |Questions with Complete solution |Graded A+
When towing a vehicle with a rope or chain, what must be displayed? - ✔✔A white flag or cloth,
12" square
Preparation Triangle - ✔✔Tactics, Shooting (and other skills), Mental and Physical Condition
In tactics, it is important to - ✔✔Anticipate the problem or hazard. Practice invisible deployment
Six hazards of approach - ✔✔Fill this in
Near/Far rule - ✔✔You are safest right on suspects back, at a distance behind cover. Middle ground
is most dangerous
Police are generally poorly trained in their ability to control people - ✔✔True
After shooting... - ✔✔The tenancy of the human mind to dwell on unpleasant, emotionally charged
events in the wake of their occurrence is sometimes referred to as afterburn
Shooting through walls is NOT done where there is a possibility of hitting innocents - ✔✔True
Contact officer - ✔✔Conducts all business of the contact
, Cover officer - ✔✔Strictly there to protect the contact officer. Does not speak or interact
Positioning for contact/cover officer - ✔✔"Mind and body are one". Includes principal of distraction
and lag time
Kill zone - ✔✔That area the suspect can effectively control with hostile weapon fire
After shooting - ✔✔Do not immediately approach
Problem area - ✔✔Any person, object, ot site that may present a hazard to you
Invisible deployment... - ✔✔Is advisable and allows officers to be on the scene without being seen
by suspects. This is identified as concealment
You are in a situation where crossfire is a possibility... - ✔✔If possible, change your position while
maintaining cover
The SPEED in which you draw your weapon from your holster is the most important consideration -
✔✔False
Civil liability... - ✔✔Is dependent on the preponderance of evidence (51%/49%)
Criminal liability... - ✔✔Affects someone's freedom, and is dependent on being guilty being a
reasonable doubt
1983 action... - ✔✔States that if the government violates a person's constitutional rights, that person
may file criminal and civil suits in both state and federal court
A Tort is - ✔✔An injury or damage to a private person
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