AG Guidelines Set 4 of 4 Flashcards
Absent compelling circumstances justifying
a delay, requests for forensic analysis (e.g.,
analysis of suspected controlled substances,
DNA, fingerprints, ballistics, etc.) by the New
Jersey State Police Office of Forensic
Science should be submitted within
____________________ business days of the date of
arrest.
five
Access to and use of a stored BWC recording is
permitted only when relevant to and in furtherance of a
criminal investigation or prosecution; to assist the officer
whose BWC made the recording in preparing his or her
own police _________________, subject to the certain
restrictions; and to show to a civilian who intends to file
a ________________ against an officer to demonstrate what
actually occurred during the encounter so that the
person can make an informed decision whether to file
the complaint.
report / complaint
All county prosecutors may, and indeed should, use available \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ funds for the critical function of relocating victims and witnesses deemed necessary to protect those individuals against intimidation.
forfeiture
Almost _________________ % of people with
Alzheimer’s disease will wander and
become lost.
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AMBER Alerts are intended to be issued when there is reason to believe that a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ has been abducted and may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury.
child
The automated pretrial risk-assessment
process does not account for a
defendant’s involvement in the
____________________ justice system.
juvenile
The automated pretrial risk-assessment
process produces a Public Safety
Assessment (PSA) that provides three
pretrial risk indicators: a six-point “failure-toappear”
(FTA) scale, a six-point “new
criminal activity” (NCA) scale, and a “new
____________________ criminal activity (NVCA)” flag.
violent
Charging by complaint-_________________ rather
than by complaint-__________________ generally
would be appropriate when the facts
known at the time of the charging
decision reliably indicate that the
defendant requires no monitoring or
only minimal monitoring upon release.
summons / warrant
The chief executive of every law enforcement agency operating under the authority of the laws of the State of New Jersey shall take such steps necessary to ensure that every sworn officer assigned to patrol duty, every sworn officer who directly supervises officers
assigned to patrol duty, and every sworn officer whose duties include investigating the circumstances of or related to a domestic violence incident receives the computer/web-based training developed pursuant to this subsection. Such officers shall receive training within ________________ days of the training program being made available by the Division of Criminal Justice. A law enforcement officer must complete
the training program before he or she can administer the ODARA.
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The cultural diversity training course should not merely present factual information, but rather shall, to the extent practicable, present and discuss \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (i.e., scenario-based training) designed to enhance an officer's decision-making skills.
scenarios
The decision to activate a Body Worn Camera (BWC) must be based on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ criteria (e.g., the initiation of a specified type of police action, such as a consensual field inquiry, or the start of an officer's duty shift).
objective
The decision to issue a complaint-summons or apply for
a complaint-warrant should be informed by the results
of the automated pretrial ______________________-
______________________ process, which is initiated after the
defendant’s fingerprints are taken at a police station
with the Live Scan system. This means that the
complaint-summons versus complaint-warrant decision
ordinarily will be made after the defendant has been
arrested within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
risk-assessment
The determination as to what constitutes a
reasonable period of time to delay the
charging decision while awaiting the results
of the automated pretrial risk- assessment
process following Live Scan fingerprinting
shall be based on the ___________________________
burdens placed on the department by the
delay.
administrative
The determination whether to apply for a complaint-\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ under this directive generally occurs after the defendant has been arrested, transported to the police station for processing, and fingerprinted using the Live Scan system.
warrant
An effective deconfliction process involves both
“__________________ deconfliction” (to ensure that agencies
investigating a specific person, group, or business
entity are made aware that another agency is also
investigating that person, group, or business entity)
and “_________________ deconfliction” (to ensure that
planned operations undertaken by two or more law
enforcement agencies do not occur at the same time
and location.
target / event
Every sworn officer employed on a full- or part-time
basis by a law enforcement agency operating under
the authority of the laws of the State of New Jersey
shall participate in not less than ____________________ credit
hours of qualifying continuing education as defined
in this Directive. Thereafter, such officers shall
participate in not less than ____________________ credit
hours of qualifying continuing education per year.
five / three
The following criteria shall be met before an AMBER Alert is
activated:
a. There is reason to believe that a child under the age of ________________
has been abducted.
b. There is reason to believe that the abducted child may be in danger
of death or _________________ bodily injury.
c. There is reason to believe that an AMBER Alert would assist in
locating the child considering all relevant circumstances, including
whether there is enough descriptive information available, and the
amount of ___________________ that has elapsed since the child was last seen
and was reported missing.
18 / serious / time
For the purpose of scoring the ODARA: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - any act of violence that involved physical contact with the index victim or a credible threat of death made with a weapon displayed in the presence of the victim.
Assault
For the purpose of scoring the ODARA:
____________________ - a person who currently is, or
previously was, involved with the defendant
in an intimate relationship. This includes
current or former spouses, current or former
intimate cohabitants, co-parents, and those
currently or formerly in a dating relationship.
Partner
For the purpose of scoring the ODARA: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - the most recent incident in which the person being assessed assaulted his/her current or former partner.
Index Assault
From the law enforcement perspective, the
most important feature of the Bail Reform
Law is that dangerous defendants can be
detained by _______________ order. Consistent
with law enforcement’s core mission, our
principal goal in implementing the new
statute is to protect the _________________________ of
the community, victims, and witnesses.
court / safety
The general requirement to consult with an
assistant prosecutor or deputy attorney
general does not apply if the most serious
offense for which a defendant is arrested is a
____________________ _____________________ offense other
than one involving domestic violence where
any of the grounds specified in N.J.S.A.
2C:25-2l(a)(l) to (4) apply.
disorderly persons
If a defendant is arrested for an offense committed
under the laws of another state, or the United States,
and is not charged with an offense under New Jersey
law, the Bail Reform Law does ____________________
____________________, and the agency making the arrest or
having custody of the defendant shall proceed in
accordance with the laws, practices, and procedures
currently in place.
not apply
If a law enforcement officer or agency making an
arrest has reason to believe that the defendant may
be charged with offenses committed in more than
one county, the officer or agency shall immediately
contact the on-call duty _________________________
_________________________, who shall contact the prosecutor’s
office(s) in the other county(ies) where offenses were
committed to coordinate the charging/pretrial
release decision.
assistant prosecutor
If an officer decides not to provide notification of a BWC activation because it is unsafe or infeasible to do so, the officer shall document the reasons for that decision in a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and/or by narrating the reasons on the BWC recording.
report
If an officer makes an arrest or is
conducting an investigation becomes
aware that a defendant might attempt to
threaten or otherwise intimidate a victim
or witnesses, the officer shall promptly
communicate those concerns to the
__________________ responsible for the case.
prosecutor
If a prosecutor becomes aware of any
conduct designed or reasonably likely to
threaten or intimidate a victim or witness
while the defendant is on pre-trial
release, the prosecutor presumptively
and immediately shall seek _____________________
of that defendant’s release.
revocation
If either the Live Scan system or the Judiciary’s
automated PSA system is not operational, or if the
results of a preliminary automated pretrial riskassessment
otherwise are not or will not be available
within _____________________ hours of fingerprinting the
defendant, an assistant prosecutor or deputy
attorney general consulted, may proceed to make
the complaint-summons versus complaint-warrant
determination.
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If notification of case-specific victim/witness
intimidation concerns is given to the prosecutor, or if
a prosecutor otherwise has reason to believe that a
defendant or his associates might engage in victim or
witness intimidation, the prosecutor must notify the
police department before producing
_______________________ to defense counsel, if that discovery
could reveal the identity of the victim or witness.
discovery
If the BWC malfunctions while out in the
field, the malfunction upon its discovery
shall be reported to the officer’s
supervisor as soon as it is ___________________
and practicable to do so.
safe
If the results of an automated pretrial risk assessment
are not available because of problems taking the
defendant’s fingerprints, the assistant prosecutor,
deputy attorney general, or supervisory officer shall,
when feasible, ascertain the defendant’s criminal
history by making an _____________________ / CCH or
Interstate Identification Index query that does not
require fingerprint verification.
NCIC