TCOLE Basic Jailer Course Questions with 100% Correct Answers

TCOLE Basic Jailer Course Questions with 100% Correct Answers TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] is a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas. TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] is the regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state. The Occupations Code is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow. Ethics the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and obligation. Texas Ethics Commission was created in 1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers and employees Jail Climate the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing games with staff Stress a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation Communication the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and information Attitude is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing Race generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical characteristics Ethnicity refers to shared culture and background Ethnocentrism is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures" Prejudice is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts Culture a way of thinking and acting based on tradition Discrimination acting on the basis if prejudice Sexual Harassment is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based behavior Booking recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the admissions process Detainer a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another jurisdiction Commitment an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail the person so committed Warrant a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law Capias is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ Writ of Attachment is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be Magistrate's Warrant when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before him Search the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding evidence ot in plain sight Contraband is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or agency directives Strip Search when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility Cavity Search basee on "probable casue" that the inmate is concealing contrand in a body cavity Tort a civil or private wrong or injury for which s court will provide a remedy in the form of an action for damages Objective Classification a formal process for separating and managing inmates and administering facilities based upon agency mission, classification goals, agency resources, and inmate program needs Trustee a person who, because of good conduct, is given some measure of freedom in and around the prison or jail Child means a person who is: 10 but under 17 Mental Illness illness, disease, or condition that either substantially impacts a person's thought, perception of reality, emotional process, or judgement, or grossly impairs a person's behavior, as manifested by recent disturbance behavior Insanity is considered "a diminished capacity and inability to tell right fro wrong" Psychosis a group of serious and often debilitating mental disorders that may be of organic or psychological origins and are characterized by some or all of the following symptoms: impaired thinking and reasoning ability, perceptual distortions, inappropriate emotional responses, inappropriate affect, regressive behavior, reduced impulse control and impaired reasoning of reality Delusion false beliefs not based on factual information Hallucination distortions in the senses which cause the individual to experience hearing/seeing something that is not there HIV is the common abbreviation for Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS is the common abbreviation for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Tuberculosis commonly referred to as TB, is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis Communicable Disease an illness that occurs through the transmission of an infectious agent or its toxic products frk. resivior to a susceptible host, either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host, a vector, or the inanimate environment Force an aggressive act committed by any person, which does. ot amount yo an assault and is necessary to accomplish one's objective Custody (a) under arrest by a peace officer or under restraint by a public servant pursuant to an order of a court of this stage or another state of the United States; or (b) under restraint by an agent or employee of a facility that is operated by or under contract with the United States and that confines persons arrested for, charges withx or convicted of criminal offenses Escape mean unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody following temporary leave for a specific purpose or limited period or leave that is part of an intermittent sentence, but does not include violation of conditions of community supervision kr parole other than convictions that impose a period of confinement in a secure correctional facility Deadly Force means force that is intended or know by the actor to cause, or in the manner of its use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury Command Presence an officer's mere position of legal authority initiates inamtes' cooperation Uncooperative Inmate an inmate who refuses to come with any valid commands given to him by an officer Disruptive Group any group of inmates that pose a threat to the physical safety of other inmates or staff by virtue of the group's nature and activities Right a power, interest, or demand inherent in one person or established by law for protection and benefit of a person Privilege a particular benefit enjoyed by a person beyond the common advantage of other citizens Vicarious Liability indirect legal responsibility Disturbance disruptive behavior, by one it more inmates. that causes disorder Emergency an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action; an urgent need for assistance or relief Chain of Custody is the process which records transactions of ecidendd from person to person since its acquisition by a law enforcement agency Commissioner Courts Who does the responsibility for providing county jails rests with? The Sheriff Who operates county jails in the State of Texas? 120 hours How many hours must instructors facilitate for a TCOLE Basic Correction Officer course conduct? Contracted Vendors Some jails in Texas are operated through who? Linear/Podular Indirect/Podular Direct What are the three primary concepts of jails? Direct Supervision an inmate supervision management style in which jailer(s) are stationed inside a housing unit 24/7 Common Area In popular design, cells form thr perimeter around what?