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Question 1

During the course of citizen contacts, officers should not ask about a person’s _____ ?

a. current job
b. height or weight
c. criminal behavior
d. probation or parole status

Answer 1

d. probation or parole status

Question 2

Curing consensual contacts, although no legal cause need be present for the officer to initiate a contact, the persons contacted may not be halted, detained, or frisked against their will. If they refuse to cooperate, they must be permitted to go on their way, unless?

a. the officer has a hunch
b. reasonable suspicion to detain or probable cause to arrest
c. the officer needs more time
d. none of the above

Answer 2

b. reasonable suspicion to detain or probable cause to arrest

Question 3

If enforcement action results from a consensual contact how should the officer document it?

a. field interview FI
b. memo comments on the MPS
c. Officer’s daily journal
d. none of the above

Answer 3

c. officer’s daily journal

Question 4

What has happened if a person(s) has been told they are not free to leave in the officer’s presence?

a. a detention has occurred
b. an arrest has occurred
c. a consensual contact has occurred
d. none of the above

Answer 4

a. a detention has occurred

Question 5

If an officer suspects that a person committed, is committing, or is about to commit any crime, the authority to detain that person exists. Courts have used the terminology “_____” to describe these circumstances.

a. criminal activity is afoot
b. reasonable suspicion
c. probable cause
d. investigative stop

Answer 5

a. criminal activity is afoot

Question 6

The use of handcuffs or weapons or placing someone in a patrol car do not automatically make the contact an arrest if the actions are seen as reasonably necessary under the circumstances (person attempts to flee, officer safety concerns) and the person is told that they are only being ____, as opposed to arrested.

a. detained
b. held
c. consensually contacted
d. none of the above

Answer 6

a. detained

Question 7

A person stopped pursuant to this procedure may be detained for ____ under the circumstances. Officers should detain a person only for the length of time necessary to determine if the person should be arrested or released.

a. 4 hours
b. 2 hours
c. a reasonable amount of time
d. as long as it takes

Answer 7

c. a reasonable amount of time

Question 8

A reasonable on the scene investigation is all that is authorized by law during a detention. Therefore, an officer shall not move a detainee unless?

a. the officer obtains the detainee’s consent to be moved
b. the officer has probable cause to arrest the detainee
c. a victim cannot, for valid reasons, be brought to the scene of the detention
d. all of the above

Answer 8

d. all of the above

Question 9

What tactic do community members find disrespectful?

a. placing a subject on the patrol vehicle’s push bumper
b. placing a subject in the back seat of the patrol vehicle
c. placing a subject on the rear bumper
d. placing a subject on the curb

Answer 9

d. placing a subject on the curb

Question 10

In cases where a subject is detained and released at the scene without being transported away from that scene the contact officer shall complete what?

a. Officer’s report
b. Arjis-9
c. detention report
d. FI form, field interview

Answer 10

d. FI form, field interview

Question 11

In cases where a subject is detained, transported away from the scene and later released without booking, the contact officer shall prepare what type of report. This report will properly document the probable cause, special circumstances, or consent.

a. officer’s report
b. arrest report
c. arjis-1 or FI
d. detention only

Answer 11

d. detention only

Question 12

What is the pat down search for?

a. a quick search to locate any ID
b. the search is a limited search for the purpose of finding weapons or other instruments that could be used against an officer
c. a pat down is a search for evidence or contraband
d. a pat down search is a pretext to conduct an evidentiary search

Answer 12

b. the search is a limited search for the purpose of finding weapons or other instruments that could be used against an officer

Question 13

During a pat down, an officer feels an object which the officer does not reasonably believe to be a weapon or dangerous instrument, but which he immediately recognizes as an item of contraband, based on the nature of the object felt, along with or in combination with other factors, the officer has probable cause to believe a crime is being committed in the officer’s presence. What should the officer do next?

a. remove the object and examine it before advising an arrest
b. should begin a full custody search
c. should tell the person that he/she is under arrest for that crime
d. should advise the subject he is now being detained

Answer 13

c. should tell the person that he/she is under arrest for that crime

Question 14

Assembly Bill 953 (AB953) also known as the Racial and Identity Profiling Act RIPA o 2015, requires law enforcement agencies collect data on all stops, detentions, and searches. What type of contact or arrest is excluded from the above requirement?

a. an arrest of a subject who was later taken to the hospital for a 5150 hold
b. a contact with a 5150 subject where force was used
c. a juvenile arrested and transported to the hospital
d. none of the above

Answer 14

d. none of the above

Question 15

When discussing detention versus arrest, what is the general rule?

a. detention plus movement equals arrest
b. several factors may escalate a detention into an arrest
c. if probable cause exists, then it must be an arrest
d. the least intrusive means should be used during a detention

Answer 15

d. the least intrusive means should be used during a detention

Question 16

In cases where a subject is detained and released at the scene, without being transported away from that scene, the “____” shall complete an FI form.

a. primary officer
b. driver officer
c. contact officer
d. last officer

Answer 16

c. contact officer

Question 17

When an officer takes a photograph of a juvenile, ____.

a. parental consent must be obtained
b. parental notification must be made
c. parents or guardians must be present
d. both consent from juvenile and guardian must be obtained

Answer 17

b. parental notification must be made

Question 18

A detention, as referred to as a stop, occurs when officers use their authority to compel a person to halt, to remain in a certain place, or to perform some act, such as walking to a nearby location. Courts have used the terminology, “______”.

a. reasonable suspicion
b. criminal activity is afoot
c. probable cause
d. investigative stop

Answer 18

d. investigative stop

Question 19

A ____ is allowed so an officer may have a reasonable amount of time to investigate a person’s possible involvement in actual or perceived criminal activity.

a. pat down
b. detention
c. arrest

Answer 19

b. detention

Question 20

Officers are cautioned that the courts find no credence in the term “____” and that the term should be avoided.

a. high narcotics area
b. high crime area
c. high gang area
d. known violent area

Answer 20

b. high crime area

Question 21

Officers should strive to maintain a position of advantage (POA) and place the subject(s) contacted at a disadvantage whenever possible. Techniques are:

a. placing a subject on a curb
b. patrol vehicle’s push bumper
c. back seat of patrol vehicle
d. all of the above are acceptable

Answer 21

d. all of the above

Question 22

How may an officer report their consensual encounters?

a. FI
b. memo comments
c. ODJ
d. none of the above

Answer 22

c. ODJ