FDLE POLICE STATE EXAM REVIEW WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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canswers✔✔Criminal claw
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agencies. c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Administrative claw
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ccorrect canswers✔✔Case claw
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canswers✔✔The cbill
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The c________ cAmendment cguarantees cthe cright cto cbear carms. c- ccorrect
canswers✔✔Second
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crequires ca cwarrant csigned c
by can cindependent cmagistrate c(judge). c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Fourth
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crequirement cof cthe c4th cAmendment, cwhich cprovides ccertain cexceptions cto claw
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The cterm c________ cbroadly cdescribes ccriminal cor cnoncriminal cacts cthat care
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under cFlorida claw. c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Offense
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or cincarceration cin ca cstate ccorrectional cfacility cfor cmore cthan cone cyear. c- ccorrect
canswers✔✔Felony
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cpenalty cis ca cnoncriminal c
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cseizing cand cbeing cpunished cfor ctheir ccrimes c: cmere c
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ccircumstances cin cwhich ca creasonable c
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cIt cinvolves cno ccoercion, cno c
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canswers✔✔Consensual
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claw cenforcement ctraining cand c
knowledge. c_______suspicion cdoes cnot cgrant cany cenforcement cauthority. cDetaining
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or cher crequires cmore cthan c________suspicion. c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Mere, cMere,
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cTerry cstop cor cinvestigative c
detention. cReasonable csuspicion cis csometimes ccalled c"articulable csuspicion" cor
c"founded csuspicion." c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Reasonable
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