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OPOTA Final Exam (SPOs) Questions And Accurate SolutionsRelationship between a student performance objective and a test question A test
question must respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test
question
Ultimate purpose for law enforcement training To be able to protect life and property of
yourself and the public
Peace officer's main goals 1. Enforce laws
2. Preserve the peace
3. Prevent crimes
4. Civil rights and liberties protection
5. Service provision
Discretion considerations- Q&A •Sound Judgment: deciding which laws should be
formally enforced
•Do nothing or find a more constructive alternative solution without resorting to an
arrest or issuance of a citation (e.g., seeking shelter for a homeless instead of
trespassing arrest)
Factors necessary for the commission of a crime (crime triangle) - Answer 1. Desire
•The motive for crime i.e., money, power, revenge, fear, narcotics use) •This is most
difficult to alter • 2. Victim •The Possible Victim •The criminal would prefer their victim to
be a soft target who are oblivious of his/her environment or lacks good security
measures •Difficult to alter this aspect because this area deals with individual
personalities • 3. Opportunity •Eliminate opportunity for crime through proper security
measures applied to victim's environment like locking doors/windows, removing
valuable from sight, good lighting
•Most effective area to focus crime prevention strategies
Key concepts of community policing - Answer - a collaboration between police and the
,community
- crime prevention
- organizational restructuring of the agency
- a problem- solving orientation to the police function that is proactive
Things to think about for off duty situations - Answer 1. Conduct
•An officer's conduct is sometimes under public scrutiny even if off duty
•This applies not only to physical/verbal actions, but online activity with social media as
well. •An officer is expected to adhere to the code of ethics in regards to law
enforcement uniform 2. Situational awareness •An officer should strive to be alert even
when off-duty •You never know when you may need to transition quickly from being a
private citizen to a peace officer
•Preplan with your family in case a situation were to occur while you are together.
Create several scenarios for your family to role play •Know your agency's off duty
weapon policy Be A Good Witness If a situation does occur that requires police action •If
there is a reasonable belief of serious physical harm, respond as soon as practical
•However, if less serious, the best course of action is to observe incident until uniformed
officers respond
•If you become involved, make contact with dispatch as soon as possible to provide
information about incident and information about yourself (e.g., clothing you are
wearing, car you are driving, description of offenders and victims, pertinent officer
safety information)
Bill of Rights -purposes protect an individual's freedoms
exclude government interference in protected rights
Name the major components of the criminal justice system -Answer 1. Law enforcement
2. Courts
3. Corrections
Name the goals of sentencing -Answer 1. punish the offender and in many cases,
rehabilitate the offender
,2. Protect society
3. Restore the victim as much as possible
The ideas of legal activities and authorities' legitimacy - Answer 1. Legal - specified by
laws and regulations
•Criminal law - defines what practices are banned
•Rules of organization or agency, such as administrative rules, general orders, standard
operating procedures
•Constitutional law, for instance, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Amendments
•Officers can be acting lawfully and within the parameters of agency policy and the
citizenry still not perceive there to be police legitimacy - there can be lawful, but awful
interactions
2. Police Legitimacy - exists when the public views the police as authorized to exercise
power in order to maintain social order, manage conflicts, and solve problems in the
community
Three resultant judgments of police legitimacy in action that lead to positive results -
Answer Judgment
- Public trust and confidence in the police being honest, trying to do jobs well, trying to
protect the community
Result - Individuals are more likely to become actively involved in police-community
partnerships
Judgment - Public willingness to defer to the law and police authority
Resultant- Those who are compliant with the laws and the ones who consider police to
be legitimate; secondly, those who perceive the legitimacy of the police are more willing
to cooperate with them by reporting the committed crimes as well as giving out
essential information about known or suspected offenders
Judgement - The public perception that the police act in a morally justifiable manner and
is correct.
, Result - Citizens are more likely to cooperate and defer in times of crisis
Conditions under which the taping of police officers is permissible - Response •At least
one party to the encounter consents or
•When officers are performing their duties in public, so long as it does not obstruct the
officers performing their duties
Race and Genetics and Physical Characteristics - Answer •Race is a contemporary
concept used to group people by similar, observable physical characteristics
•It is not, as many believe, based on genetics
•Despite surface appearances, humans are one of the most genetically homogeneous of
all species and .
•Within the human species, there is no particular genetic pattern that fully marks off one
so-called race from another
•This is so because the overwhelming majority of the characteristics of human beings
that are determined genetically - skin colour, hair, eye shape, blood type, athleticism,
and intelligence - are inherited completely independently of one another
The relationship between in-groups, out-groups and police legitimacy - Solution •For
some individuals, their experiences of contact with the police are understood, at least in
part, through the lens of their group's social status rather than, or in addition to, the
specific context in which the police contact occurs
Types of racism - Answer Individual racism - Internalized, unexpressed biases and
prejudices based on race
Interpersonal racism - Occurs between individuals. Includes public expressions of racial
prejudice and hate made by individuals
Institutional racism
•Race based discriminatory policies and treatment that are produced and perpetuated
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