2022 sergeants exam policy and procedures questions Flashcards
The department involuntarily Reassigns a female member in the third trimester of pregnancy to ultimate duty based upon medical evidence that she cannot safely perform her current duties. May the member challenge such reassignment?
Yes, by submitting to an examination by a neutral obstetrician.
To eliminate, lengthy, radio, transmissions to maintain confidentiality, certain codes shall be used for all radio broadcast broadcast, whenever practicable. What does code to mean?
Telephone your station
The department may allow personnel on full duty status, or alternate duty status, two RP details. Which of the following statements is true concerning paid details?
Pay detail shall not be entered into pay station prior to the completion of the assignment.
Once a body worn camera/cruiser mounted camera is activated, recording should continue uninterrupted, until or unless the event has paused, or concluded. If a member pauses his/her BWC, which of the following will occur?
The audio feed from the BWC will be paused, but the CMC will continue recording uninterrupted.
All persons arrested shall be fingerprinted, and all persons charged with a felony, shall have your palm prints recorded using the live scan device. I know situation’s were mutilative prints are observed, the blank may contact the crime scene services section to assist in capturing, full major case, prints, and/or 10 prints to assist in the detainee identification.
Troop duty officer
If a detainee attempts or threatens suicide at the MSP facility, the desk officer is NOT responsible for doing WHAT?
Ensuring the incident has been entered into the CJIS Q5 suicide menu within 24 hours.
Desk officer has to ensure the incident has been entered into CJIS Q5 suicide menu prior to the end of shift*
Juvenile charge for delinquency, offenses shall not be held in a police lock up or otherwise securely detained for any longer than_____ Hours. Once the identification and booking process is complete, the juvenile must be transported to juvenile court.
6 hours
In the event of a communicable disease, exposure, the desk officer has to do what?
Document the incident in the DAJ.
When any controlled substance, Evidence is open during a court proceeding, and SP 655 court order to open secured and closed narcotic evidence form shall be generated and kept with the opened Evidence. Which of the following shall apply regarding this form?
The Evidence officer may complete the SP 655, but it shall only be signed by a presiding judge, ADA, or clerk magistrate.
After a field interview and observation report is completed, the original hardcopy is forwarded to____ and a copy is provided to the_____?
A hardcopy is forwarded to the Criminal information section (CIS) and a copies provided to the Troop/Section/unit of jurisdiction.
The department realizes the necessity of ineffective response to any civil disturbance through the prudent deployment of available department resources. Which of the following statements is true regarding civil disturbances?
-At no time shall the unseen department incident commander attempt to accomplish a police objective, unless sufficient forces are present to support such objective.
Which of the following is correct regarding incident? Reports in domestic abuse cases.
The incident report shall be made, whether or not an arrest results, and they shall be made available to the victim at no cost upon request to the department.
Which of the following actions regarding the photographing of prisoners by the news media is permitted?
Allowing a prisoner to be photographed in a public area.
In any situation, where there is an emergency request for a special operations resources, the patrol supervisor has, which of the following responsibilities?
Establishing a liaison with the local agency at the same.
Member shall immediately terminate a vehicle pursuit when a pursuit for________ enters into a densely, populated area or heavily congested roadway.
A civil fraction, misdemeanor, or nonviolent felony only.
Which of the following statements about departments automated license plate recognition (ALPR) system is correct?
Manual entries entered into the ALPR system shall be documented with the specific reason by the member in with the agency case number, and given a retention date of one year or less.
A representative at the Massachusetts Department of transportation (DOT) Request an unredacted report of a vehicle crash. Made a member fulfill the request?
Yes, but only if the representative appears in person and is properly identified.
A driver who is pulled over on suspicion of operating under the influence (OUI), takes a breath test, which reveals that his or her blood alcohol Contant (BAC) is .079%. Which of the following shall apply in the situation?
Criminal charges shall be filed, but no license seizure shall occur.
The primary purpose of sobriety checkpoints is to deter impaired driving, and arrest at checkpoints, should not be used as a measure of checkpoint effectiveness. All of the following are responsibilities of the safety vehicle officers at a spray checkpoint, except what?
Administer standard field sobriety tests, roadside assessments, and or preliminary breath test device.
In the event that a member is involved in a type two cruiser crash, they investigating supervisor is responsible for completing and submitting the SP 425 within Rams,______ And Ford reports to Troop commander within_______ From the date of the crash.
Submit the SP 425 within Rams Prior to the completion of tour of duty; and forward the reports to the troop commander within 15 days of the crash.
According to the Massachusetts State police and procedure manual, which of the following is considered a de-escalation tactic?
Requesting additional resources
What is the lowest level of resistance at which distraction techniques may be used?
Actively resistant
You are a Sgt working the midnight shift, and one of your troopers is involved in a use of force incident. According to you 0F – 03 use of force reporting you have which of the responsibilities during the use of force review process?
Reviewing every SP 376 (use of force report) and SP12 or To/From.
Which department issued weapons are members authorized to carry off duty?
Fire arms only.
Which of the following situations involving a drive stun or probe deployment from an ECW, require the subject to be transported to an emergency care facility for evaluation and/or treatment?
Three ECW cycles were deployed amounting to less than 15 seconds.
