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Activities performed by officers on patrol that are directed toward keeping violations of
the law from happening are most widely known as CORRECT ANSWERS crime
prevention.
These police tactics involve the use of physical force, threat of force, and mental or
psychological abuse. CORRECT ANSWERS Third degree tactics.
This type of evidence would clear a suspect from blame. CORRECT ANSWERS
Exculpatory evidence.
A the scene of a homicide, what is the medical examiner or coroner normally
responsible for? CORRECT ANSWERS Securing the body of the deceased, as well as
all associated clothing and personal property.
You are required to administer a sobriety test to a motorist to determine if the motorist is
intoxicated. During the test, the motorist experiences difficulty maintaining equilibrium.
This is known as CORRECT ANSWERS the Romberg sign.
In order to allow for accurate and complete reconstruction of an accident scene, it is
important for an officer to measure skid marks to CORRECT ANSWERS the nearest
inch.
Foot patrol by police officers is most effective in combating CORRECT ANSWERS
robberies and street muggings.
An object, measure, or model with which evidence is compared to determine whether
both came from the same source. CORRECT ANSWERS Standard of comparison.
The chemical development of latent fingerprints using super glue is scientifically known
as CORRECT ANSWERS cyanocralyde.
You are a sergeant who has arrived at the scene of what your patrol officers originally
thought was a robbery-in-progress call. You see three patrol cars on the scene. The
lead officer tells you that the suspects fled over an hour ago. What should you have the
other officers do? CORRECT ANSWERS Report back to service.
The purpose of criminal investigation is to identify the perpetrator of a particular crime
by gathering information from witnesses and suspects. Which of the following is of least
concern to the police? CORRECT ANSWERS Why.
, The Constitution and the rights expressed in it are directed at protecting citizens against
the improper actions of which of the following? CORRECT ANSWERS The
Government.
Which of the following is the highest court in our nation? CORRECT ANSWERS The
Supreme Court.
The United States has determined that free speech is protected under the First
Amendment of the Constitution. Which of the following situations would not be protected
under the First Amendment? CORRECT ANSWERS Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater
where there is no fire.
Under the Constitution, citizens are protected from double jeopardy or being tried twice
for the same crime. The Supreme Court has held that none of the following situations
amounts to double jeopardy EXCEPT CORRECT ANSWERS when a defendant is tried
twice for the same act, once under state statutes and once under federal statutes.
A dead body will float in warm water after how many days of submersion? CORRECT
ANSWERS 8 to 10 days.
The understanding of human behavior is paramount to good supervisory practices. A
variety of barriers may get in the way of the ability of personnel to perform at their peak.
When the barrier is an inadequate salary, this would be called a CORRECT ANSWERS
situational barrier.
According to experts in the field of law enforcement, when searching for a lost child,
which of these areas should be searched first? CORRECT ANSWERS The immediate
area from where the child disappeared.
What is the result of psychological problems that go unaddressed and untreated?
CORRECT ANSWERS The program grow in severity and become worse.
Under most standard regulations for dealing with complaints, at what point in the
process does a complaint officially become a grievance? CORRECT ANSWERS When
the supervisor fails to resolve the complaint and refers it to the next level of
management.
Death by attempting to sexually gratify oneself with the use of ropes and pulleys and
contraption to choke oneself is called CORRECT ANSWERS auto-erotic asphyxiation.
It is agreed among present-day industrial psychologists that there are several steps in
the teaching process. These include the "introduction step," the "presentation step," the
"application step," and the "test step." problem solving or role playing should be used
during which of these steps? CORRECT ANSWERS The application step.
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