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700s, 800s & 900s Flashcards

1
Q

Purchased property is any property or props purchased with department approved funds to further an undercover criminal investigation. All property valued at ____________ purchased to enhance an investigation and is not illegal to possess will be listed and fully described in the purchasing divisions inventory

A

$250 or more

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2
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Counterfeit currency, whether seized or tagged will be tagged where?

A

U.S. Secret Service lock box

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3
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Vehicles seized as contraband for fleet use must have less than _____________ miles

A

50,000

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4
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If an officer does not receive a confirmation response from the dispatcher in a timely manner in regards to an outside stolen vehicle, the officer shall contact who?

A

Auto Theft Division

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5
Q

Records Division shall leave reports in Supervisor Approved status for _____________ to allow supervisors time to review the reports.

A

24 hours

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6
Q

During special threat situations, media reps shall be directed to an area predetermined by the ___________

A

scene commander

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7
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If a nonexempt civilian employee is within ______________ days of the 120 calendar day time limit for comp time usage, a request for comp time leave shall be given preference above any other leave request except emergencies, vacation or FMLA

A

45 days

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8
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When incidents are investigated by several divisions, employees shall obtain hold authorizations from ________

A

each responsible division

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9
Q

The viewing of a photo spread

A

MAY be video or audio recorded

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10
Q

A blinded administrator during a line up is:

A

an administrator who MAY know the identity of the suspect, but does not know the position of the photo spread, live line up or video line up.

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11
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______ or designee is responsible for citywide files management and the direction and control of the City’s records disposition program.

A

The City Records Management Officer

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12
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If an officer is involved in a shooting, discharge of a firearm, or injury or any other significant incident, the media release shall be done by:

A

The duty public information officer

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13
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Department employees may acquire photographs of other employees only with approval from:

A

the requesting employees division commander

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14
Q

Property purchased during a police sting are considered:

A

seized property and placed in the appropriate property storage facility

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15
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Vehicles seized as contra band for an auction must be inspected by:

A

The Fleet Unit and Narcotic personnel

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16
Q

Who is responsible for completing the Incident Tab of the original incident report during a Homicide scene?

A

Homicide hold desk personnel

17
Q

All city records are property of:

A

the City of Houston

18
Q

Civilian employees benefit year spans:

A

September 1st - August 31 of the following year.

19
Q

Who can authorize the use of filler photos in a photo line up where the filler photos have no identifying numbers?

A

The shift commander of the concerned investigative division

20
Q

Can a supervisor allow the media through police lines if it would interfere/jeopardize public safety or compromise a criminal investigation?

A

Yes, because employees are expected to assist members of the media by allowing passage through police lines in these circumstances.

21
Q

If a classified employee retires, resigns or is indefinitely suspended, can their photo be released to the public?

A

No

22
Q

Who is responsible for populating the CJIS Compliance Verification Database with the physical access status (escorted/unescorted) of all non HPD personnel scheduled to perform services at any physical secure location?

A

the CJIS Compliance Unit

23
Q

If an employee burns more than half of their shift due to an unforeseen, exceptional circumstance in the 24 hour period before or after working an OT program, who may or approve the work of the OT program?

A

the division commander

24
Q

No details of an internal investigation shall be given to the media until the case has been concluded and only with approval of who?

A

Chief of Police

25
Q

If an employee is relieved of duty, access to the HPD computer system including TCIC/NCIC is:

A

automatically suspended by ESD until the employee is returned to full duty.

26
Q

Nonexempt civilian employees shall earn overtime after they have worked:

A

in excess of 40 hours in the workweek

27
Q

Who signs receipts for shipment of tagged property?

A

The employee initiating the transaction

28
Q

Employees _______ scan original documents and place them in an electronic format in lieu of maintaining the original hard copy.

A

shall not

29
Q

Data categorized as restricted due to a legal mandate, such as date that falls under CJIS, HIPAA or other legal guidelines or CJI within a crime report that is access restricted within the Records Management System is:

A

Confidential data

30
Q

TCIC/NCIC records shall be validated between __________ days after they are entered.

A

60 and 90

31
Q

If an email of a simple routine matter such as a meeting notice, the email is to be considered transitory information. These emails should be deleted as soon as they are no longer..

A

administratively valuable

32
Q

The investigating unit shall notify the prosecuting authority at least ____ days prior to the department releasing core footage of a critical incident to the public.

A

7

33
Q

A __________ may be requested by HPD’s IAD or Office of Legal Services or the city of Houston Legal Department. These requests must be forwarded to the administrative Lt. of the Property Division and the property may be released upon receipt of written notification from the original office that requested it.

A

Special Hold

34
Q

The name, employee # and division of the person authorizing the hold does not need to be on the narcotics submission form if:

A

All that is being tagged is a controlled substance.

35
Q

Offices who receive a call to _________ having no solvability factors, may request that the police dispatcher redirect the call to either Teleserve or the Online Police Report.

A

a misdemeanor case

36
Q

Civilians can accrue a max of _______ hours of vacation time.

A

420

37
Q

Passports have _____ days for the investigative division to find the owner before the responsibility of the passport is transferred to CID.

A

90

38
Q

Error messages received from ______ regarding NCIC records shall have $.E. at the top of the message.

A

the FBI

39
Q

The New Employee Orientation course shall be taken by all civilian employees within _______ following their hire date.

A

90

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