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GPSTC EXTRA STUFF FOR FINAL EXAM SESSION 20 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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GPSTC EXTRA STUFF FOR FINAL EXAMSESSION 20 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Liability - Answer-the condition of being actually of potentially subject to an obligation;
the condition of being responsible for a possible or actual loss, penalty, or burden
3 types of Liability - Answer-civil
criminal
administrative
Criminal Liability - Answer-breaking law
committing criminal act
Civil Liability - Answer-results in monetary awards
punitive damages
Administrative Liability - Answer-violations: dismissal, demotion, transfer
What 2 provisions apply almost exclusively to LEO? - Answer-false imprisonment and
imprisonment under color of legal process
Elements to make a LEO's actions a crime under 18 USC Section 242 (Deprivation of
rights under color of law) - Answer-1. LEO's actions deprived someone of a right
2. LEO's illegal acts committed under color of law
3. person deprived of right(s) must be an inhabitant of a state, territory, district
4. LEO acted willfully
Tort - Answer-wrong doing by one person to the person or property of another
2 separate areas of tort liability - Answer-intentional torts
negligent acts
Intentional tort - Answer-actor is expressly judged to have possessed intent to injure
victim in some way
EX: unlawful detention of an innocent spouse of a wanted person as a way of coercing
the wanted person to surrender himself
Negligent act - Answer-harm occurred because the person failed to exercise reasonable
care
4 general elements of a negligence tort - Answer-1. a duty owed by the defendant
(LEO) to the plaintiff
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