70.8 Flashcards
T/F
A secondary firearm must be of an approved type as described below and shall be carried concealed at all times in a carrying device designed for that type of firearm.
True
Approved secondary weapons
All double-action revolvers with a:
feature in .38 Special/9mm Parabellum through .45 caliber.
hammer block/transfer bar
Approved Secondary weapons
All semi-automatic pistols in .380, 9mm Parabellum through .45 caliber with the following features:
1 Internal firing pin block/safety (drop safety)
2 De-cocking lever:
T/F
Additionally, approved secondary firearms may be carried on duty, while traveling to court, or on state business in civilian attire when traveling in a privately-owned vehicle or an unmarked state vehicle.
True
special purpose firearm is any firearm, other than approved departmentally-issued, which is carried on duty by employees during:
Special purpose firearms may only be carried with the prior written approval of the appropriate ________ ______. A copy of the approval shall be sent to the appropriate:
emergency operations.
Division chief
Assistant Commissioner.
T/F
Prior to entering a jail facility, the magazine(s) shall be removed from the pistol(s) prior to unholstering
The round in the chamber(s) shall be left in that position
True
True
At CHP facilities, firearms (shall/should) not be drawn, loaded, unloaded, or dry fired except at a clearing tube.
Shall
Each command shall have at least (#) weapons inspection officers and (#) range officers
two
two
T/F
The Academy WTU shall be notified via telephone call and e-mail of any defective ammunition, and provided the following information: type of ammunition, manufacturer, caliber, lot number of ammunition, and type of defect
True
If remediation attempts fail to bring the employee to an acceptable level of proficiency, the:
may contact the:
to arrange for assistance.
Division chief
commander of the Academy
(#) rounds of .40 caliber ammunition may be requisitioned by the commander for each employee per _________, only for the purpose of:
The requisition shall include the:
Five hundred
Quarter
remedial instruction.
name and identification number of the involved employee.
Ammunition (shall/should) not be issued for secondary firearms. It is the shooter’s responsibility to provide such ammunition.
Shall not
Employees shall report to the range with the prior issued 34 rounds of ammunition currently being carried. Ammunition from current stock shall be issued to replace rounds fired every:
Month
Range contracts (shall/should) be negotiated utilizing expended brass as remuneration whenever it is to the advantage of the state.
Shall
Red Bottom magazines may carried on duty in emergency operations.
If true, they shall have been properly inspected and cleaned by the Area Weapons Inspection Officer prior to issue.
True
True
T/F
Repairs to magazines shall only be performed by the departmental gunsmith at the Academy.
True
Any uniformed employee who fails to qualify with the departmentally-issued primary duty weapon (shall/should) demonstrate proficiency prior to resuming official duties.
Shall
Each command shall maintain a training supply of red-bottom magazines equal to (#) magazines per assigned uniformed employee, up to (#) percent of the command strength.
3
66
After the inspection of a secondary weapon, All corrections, repairs, and replacements shall be made as soon as possible or in no event later than (#) days after notification of the discrepancy and must be verified by the Weapons Inspection Officer.
30
Each command has been assigned a minimum of(#) loaner firearms, and each Division has been assigned a minimum of (#) loaner firearms.
2
5
Loaner firearms shall not be permanently issued and (shall/should) not be exchanged between commands without prior approval of the appropriate Assistant Commissioner and:
Shall not,
Employees (shall/should/may) thoroughly clean their primary firearm after being fired during any training session (shall/should/may) inspect it at least once each week to ensure that it is in proper working order.
Shall
Shall
T/F
The shotgun can be both an offensive and defensive firearm depending on the particular incident.
True, because the purpose of the departmental shotgun is to provide the uniformed employee with a psychological and physical advantage in the unusual circumstance where the primary firearm does not fulfill the need.
A patrol vehicle stored at a residence (shall/should/may) be garaged; but in any event, the driveway or other reasonably secure location adjacent to the residence (shall/should/may) be utilized. In this case, the patrol vehicles shall be locked, and the shotgun secured in the:
Or in the:
Should be garaged
Shall be adjacent
locked trunk compartment or the Lektro-Lok
T/F
Commanders shall ensure only uniformed employees load, unload, or otherwise handle the shotgun.
False, uniformed AND trained nonuniformed employees (e.g., Automotive Technician)
T/F
The uniformed employee shall check to determine if the shotgun contains four rounds in the magazine and five rounds in the ammunition pouch.
True
If during a tour of duty it becomes necessary to load a round into the chamber, the uniformed employee (shall/should/may) safely unload the shotgun.
Should
This item is located on the underside of the barrel and 7 inches from the muzzle. The magazine tube is placed through this.
The barrel guide ring
This item is the metallic movable block located in the receiver which contains the firing pin and locking block. It forces the shell into the firing position and closes the rear of the bore against the force of the charge.
The breech bolt
This item is the latch device (part of the breech bolt assembly) which engages the barrel extension and holds the breech bolt in a closed position for firing.
The locking block
The ______ ____ _____ can be seen on the face of the breech bolt, mid-center, in which the firing pin is located.
firing pin hole
T/F
Eighteen rounds per shoot shall be provided to each uniformed employee and fired for this purpose.
True
The shotgun should be fired once per (time) with service ammunition at 25 yards and at 15 yards to demonstrate the pattern spread to employees
Year
The TOQC - Shotgun is composed of (#) tasks. The first (#) tasks are “real world” gun handling proficiency tasks officers are already required to perform.
Seven
four
In those cases where no garage or reasonably secure area is available for the patrol vehicle, the rifle (shall/should/may) be removed from the vehicle and stored in an equally secure location, as outlined in Chapter 2, Firearms Safety, of this manual.
Shall
T/F
Automotive technicians should be trained in the safe handling and clearing of the rifle.
True
If it becomes necessary to load a round into the chamber, the employee, at the termination of the situation, shall:
with the safety ON, remove the magazine, unload the chambered round.
Prior to use, all rifle magazines must be:
inspected and test fired for functionality by the weapons inspection officer.
T/F
Personally-owned rifle magazines may be utilized on duty.
True
Personally-owned rifle magazines (shall/should/may) be inspected by an Area weapons officer to ensure proper function with the departmental rifle prior to on-duty use; they shall thereafter be inspected:
Shall
annually
The weapons officer will document the inspection of personally owned rifle magazines in the comments section of the:
uniformed employee’s annual CHP 311.
Uniformed employees shall carry only (#) personally-owned rifle magazines while on duty
two
Only this ammunition may be utilized in personally-owned tactical rifle magazines while carried on duty.
departmentally-issued
Ammunition allocated for personally-owned tactical rifle magazines shall be documented on a ____ ____, including the receiving officer’s name and identification number, and shall be:
CHP 269
initialed by the receiving officer.
T/F
Approval has been granted by the Commissioner for the acquisition of revolvers through the court system for training purposes.
True
T/F
The ratio of modified training firearms per assigned strength should be one training firearm per ten assigned officers with a minimum of three assigned per command and one training shotgun per 25 assigned officers.
True
When physical methods of arrest (PMA) and officer safety/enforcement tactics training is conducted, the departmentally-issued Smith & Wesson (S&W) Model 4006 Tactical Smith & Wesson (TSW) pistol (may/may not) be used by employees role-playing as on-duty officers
May, with extreme safety precautions, but shall never be used for simunitions
Commanders shall ensure that no unauthorized modifications have been made to state-owned weapons during:
the annual weapons inventory,
T/F
Employees may carry personally equipment, with the approval of the Department, do so at their own expense and risk.
The Department will not repair or maintain privately-owned equipment, except in cases where the item is damaged in the line of duty
True
True
Employees who have been trained and certified in its use (shall/should/may) to carry an ECD while conducting enforcement duties whenever an ECD is available.
Shall…literally states are required to carry
All primary firearms (shall/should/may) be shipped by contract carrier or hand- carried by a uniformed employee attending training at the Academy
Shall
State-issued credit cards (shall/shall not/should/should not/may/may not) be used to pay for firearms shipping. Necessary shipping containers may be purchased:
Shall not
using petty cash or credit card.
Firearms shipped via contract carrier shall have ____ _____ declared at the time of shipment, and the packages shall have:
written on the outside.
full value
“Attention: WCU”
Full declared values for departmental fired arms are: Pistol value - $ Shotgun value - $ Rifle value - $ Gas guns (37mm) value - $ Electronic control device value - $
Pistol value - $700 Shotgun value - $400 Rifle value - $1,000 Gas guns (37mm) value - $300 Electronic control device value - $900
T/F
Once a departmentally owned firearm is destroyed, it shall be removed from the Weapons Inventory Control System.
False, Weapons are never removed from WICS.
T/F
When the printout is received, the commander shall designate an employee to physically verify the information supplied by the printout
False, shall designate 2 employees
Missing firearms, additions, or discrepancies of serial numbers on the weapons inventory are to be fully documented by:
and attached to:
memorandum
the inventory list.
A supplemental firearm (can/cannot) be purchased in lieu of the primary firearm.
Cannot
The spouse or domestic partner, or surviving child of at least 21 years of age, of a uniformed member of the Department who has died in the line of duty may be authorized by the Commissioner to purchase the employee’s primary firearm.
False, only the spouse/domestic partner per law
T/F
Requests to purchase the fallen officer’s primary firearm submitted to the Department more than 30 days after the line-of- duty death will not be accepted.
True
Lost stole firearms
notification shall be made to the local law enforcement agency and the Area command within:
Subsequent notification shall be made to the WCU via telephone within
Immediately
24 hours
A memorandum explaining/summarizing the incident, and all documents and reports pertaining to the lost/stolen weapon shall be forwarded to the WCU within:
for reporting, accountability, and replacement purposes
as soon as possible
The Department will retain only those firearms and/or weapons which the Commissioner deems:
All remaining firearms and weapons will be:
useful for training purposes
destroyed
Firearms no longer needed as evidence, nuisance weapons, and unclaimed or abandoned weapons which have been held at least ____ ____ shall be sent to the WCU for destruction or conversion to departmental use
180 days
firearms and weapons that have been authorized for disposal are forwarded to the WCU on a _________ basis during the months of:
quarterly
March, June, September, and December.
T/F
In the event the command is unable to obtain a signed release, the commander shall verify the case relating to the confiscated firearm and/or weapon has been adjudicated. Court records shall be reviewed to ensure each confiscated weapon forwarded to the Academy has been cleared through the court and awarded to the Department for final disposition. The WCU does not need a copy of the adjudication forms
True
When an owner cannot be found for abandoned or found firearms and weapons, they must have been held by the command for at least ___ ____ prior to be sent to the WCU for destruction.
180 days
T/F
Firearms and/or weapons and their documentation shall be delivered in person.
Items may not be shipped directly to the WCU by contract carrier.
True
False, On a case-by-case basis, items may be
When a firearm and/or weapons shipment is to be delivered in person, an appointment (shall/should/may) be made prior to delivery.
Shall
T/F
Firearms need not be boxed separately from other items being sent for destruction (e.g., knives, brass knuckles).
False, shall be
The destruction of firearms shall be performed by:
and witnessed by:
an Academy gunsmith
the WTU sergeant and the property controller.
HR-218 Retired Uniformed Employees:
Must be separated in good standing from service as a law enforcement officer and:
Had been regularly employed as a law enforcement officer for at least (time period)
or:
Separated from service after completing probation with the Department due to a:
10 years
service-connected disability.
The retired uniformed employee (shall/should/may) contact the Area office in which they wish to conduct their qualifications and schedule an appointment with the Area range officer ___ _____ prior to the desired qualification date
Shall
30 days
A background check via California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System is permitted for the purposes of HR 218.
False, prohibited
The retired uniformed employee shall submit their firearm to the Area range officer for inspection at least ___ _____ prior to the scheduled appointment.
two weeks
The retired uniformed employee shall have (#) opportunities to qualify on each task of the qualification course, on (#) separate occasions within in (time frame)
three
Two
One year
The purpose of the departmental less-lethal shotgun is to provide the employee with a less-lethal force option utilizing _______ ______ _________ for use against aggressive or violent individuals to support various tactical situations.
kinetic energy munitions
T/F
Ensuring proper accounting of less lethal ammunition and accurate documentation on the CHP 416, Monthly Record of Shoots (refer to Chapter 3, Shooting Qualification and Training, Annex A, of this manual), and CHP 269, Record of Ammunition (refer to Chapter 3, Annex B, of this manual).
True
T/F
The actual number of employees required to qualify with the less-lethal shotgun will be at the discretion of the commander and based upon operational needs of the Area.
True, After initial qualification, only those employees who are assigned to carry the less-lethal shotgun shall be required to shoot a minimum of two rounds annually
T/F
All scenarios utilizing NLTA shall be submitted, through channels, to the Academy Tactical Training Program (TTP) for review and approval
True
Any firearms utilized during a training scenario/evolution shall be inspected and deemed safe by a minimum of (#) staff members:
three
T/F
Buddy Inspection. Trainees will perform a physical search of each other’s person and personal belongings prior to entering the semi-safe zone
True
TOQC Pistol consists of __ tasks.
10
TOQC rifle consists of _ tasks.
7