DCJS ACTUAL FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE (LATEST UPDATE )VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS
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DCJS ACTUAL FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE (LATEST UPDATE )VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Father of Modern Policing - ANSWER-Sir Robert Peele
Peelian Principles - ANSWER-Ethical requirements police officers must follow to be effective
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DCJS ACTUAL FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE (LATEST UPDATE 2024-
2025)VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALL GRADED
A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Father of Modern Policing - ANSWER-✅Sir Robert Peele
Peelian Principles - ANSWER-✅Ethical requirements police officers must follow to
be effective
9 principles
Public approval
Willing cooperation of public
Constantly demonstrate impartial service to law
Use physical force only when persuasion, advice, and warning have proven
insufficient
What is the test of police efficiency? - ANSWER-✅The absence of crime and
disorder
How many classes of felonies and misdemeanors? - ANSWER-✅6 classes of felonies
4 classes of misdemeanors
Punishments for felonies and misdemeanors - ANSWER-✅Felonies: always prison
time and fines; death for capital murder
Misdemeanors: jail time and/or fines
Criminal vs. Civil Offenses - ANSWER-✅Criminal: violation of local ordinances,
federal or state statutes; resulting in fines, jail, or prison
Civil: violations of administrative matters, not statutes; resulting in money owed
, Purpose of Juvenile Court - ANSWER-✅Divert juveniles from the criminal justice
system, consistent with public safety, for those that can be helped with alternative
programs
When a juvenile can be taken into custody - ANSWER-✅Detention order
PC for felony
Any misdemeanor in LEO presence
Not in LEO presence: shoplifting, A&B, weapon on school property
Run away
Child in need of services or supervision
Child in need of mental health treatment
Exculpatory vs. Inculpatory Statements - ANSWER-✅Exculpatory: exclude from guilt
Inculpatory: incriminating
Branches of Government - ANSWER-✅Legislative
Executive (law enforcement)
Judicial
3 elements of criminal justice system - ANSWER-✅Law enforcement officers
Courts
Jail
Primary responsibility when responding to any event - ANSWER-✅Check for injuries
and render aid
Spirit of the law vs. letter of the law - ANSWER-✅Spirit: enforcing the law as it was
intended to operate
Letter: enforcing the law exactly as it is written
Officer discretion - ANSWER-✅Consider agency general orders, totality of
circumstances, severity of crime, will anyone be hurt by my inaction
Consider before starting a pursuit - ANSWER-✅Seriousness of violation, traffic
patterns, pedestrian traffic, weather / road conditions
Effects on officer of high speed pursuit - ANSWER-✅Increased heart rate, tunnel
vision, decreased fine motor skills
Civil negligence - ANSWER-✅Failure of an officer to act as a reasonable officer
would in the same situation resulting in harm to someones person, property, or civil
rights
Carry weapon on or about a person - ANSWER-✅Readily accessible for the use of
surprise
Hidden from common observation
, Brandishing a firearm - ANSWER-✅Point, brandish, hold
AND
Reasonably induce fear in the mind of another
Discharging firearm in public - ANSWER-✅City, street, town, any place of public
gathering
Charges worsen if person harmed or near/on school property
Sawed off shotgun - ANSWER-✅Barrel length < 18 inches for smooth bore
< 16 inches for rifled bore
Use/display firearm in commission of felony - ANSWER-✅Separate charge from
initial felony
Adds on prison time
Possession / Transportation of firearms by convicted felons - ANSWER-✅Convicted
felon or delinquent of most serious felonies (murder, rape, abduction, robbery with
firearm)
Class 6 felony
Purchase/possess/transport firearm by someone adjudicated legally incompetent or
mentally incapacitated - ANSWER-✅Class 1 misdemeanor
Possession/transportation of firearms by non-US citizen - ANSWER-✅Always a
felony
Purchase/transport firearm by subject of protective order - ANSWER-✅Class 1
misdemeanor
Reckless handling of firearm - ANSWER-✅Endanger life, limb, property of another
Class 1 misdemeanor
Allow children access to firearms - ANSWER-✅Class 1 misdemeanor
Discharge firearm into occupied dwelling - ANSWER-✅Class 4 felony
Class 6 felony if not done maliciously
Hunting while under the influence of alcohol or drugs - ANSWER-✅Class 1
misdemeanor
Shooting on or near roadway - ANSWER-✅Class 4 misdemeanor
Handling a crime scene - ANSWER-✅Ensure safety of victims / witnesses
Determine time lapse
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