Ch. 2 Emergency Vehicles

Question 1

What is the charge for refusing to allow an officer to take their registration in hand?

Answer 1

9025 failure to stop or obey police

Question 2

What is the charge for refusing to give vehicle owners address upon request?

Answer 2

90/25 failure to stop or obey police

Question 3

Strongest action for failure to surrender registration plates to an officer or authorized RMV agent

Answer 3

90/25 arrest in presence

Question 4

Strongest action for refusing or neglecting to give drivers license to a judge or court upon request

Answer 4

Arrest in presence under 90/25

Question 5

What is the public way requirement for failure to stop or obey police

Answer 5

No public way requirement

Question 6

Is the $100 fine associated with 90/25 civil or criminal

Answer 6

Criminal

Question 7

Can a judge dismiss a case for 90/25 if it is only a $100 fine because it’s not worth the time and resources involved

Answer 7

No but prosecutor can

Question 8

Who is the only person permitted to dismiss a case for 90/25 $100 fine

Answer 8

Prosecutor

Question 9

RMV action for 90/25

Answer 9

Suspension 60 days

Question 10

Is a driver who is outside a stopped vehicle (ex accident scene) still subject to an officers 90/25 Authority.

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Right of arrest for willful obstruction of a emergency vehicle

Answer 11

Arrest for breach of peace in presence otherwise complaint

Question 12

Parking is prohibited within ____ft of a fire

Answer 12

800

Question 13

What percent of officers killed in car crashes were not wearing seatbelts

Answer 13

42%

Question 14

What percent of police departments admit to distracted driving causing a cruiser crash in the past year?

Answer 14

25%

Question 15

Officers are ___ times more likely to be involved in a crash than a civilian

Answer 15

4

Question 16

Distracted driving is believed to cause ___% of vehicle fatalities in the US

Answer 16

16%

Question 17

When operating a cruiser, the minimum standard of care 89 7B establishes (2)

Answer 17

1. The authority of police officers to engage in a pursuit or EVO
2. The minimum restrictions placed on those activities.

Question 18

Police and other first responders may cautiously exceeds speed limits if necessary for

Answer 18

Public safety

Question 19

What is the most important safeguard during pursuits or EVO?

Answer 19

Stopping and only proceeding one safe

Question 20

Does failing to obey the mandates of 89 7B subject officers to criminal consequences

Answer 20

No, but their driving behavior may qualify as criminal conduct

Question 21

Violations of 7B restrictions may subject officers to (2)

Answer 21

Internal discipline
Civil lawsuits

Question 22

The most disastrous pursuits often stem from

Answer 22

Officer ego

Question 23

Who is in the best position to decide whether to continue a pursuit

Answer 23

The pursuing officer

Question 24

Who may be able to exercise better judgment during the pursuit?

Answer 24

Uninvolved supervisor

Question 25

Police executive research forum PERF recommends that Police only pursue suspects when (2)

Answer 25

A violent crime is been committed The suspect poses an imminent threat to commit another violent crime

Question 26

Avoid pursuing a vehicle the wrong way on a _______ or one-way street unless it’s necessary to prevent a clear and present danger

Answer 26

Divided highway

Question 27

You can only intentionally strike the pursued vehicle when there is immediate and realistic threat of death or serious bodily injury, and

Answer 27

All other apprehension methods have failed or would be ineffective

Question 28

During a pursuit, you can’t discharge a weapon towards a moving vehicle unless absolutely necessary for

Answer 28

Protection of life

Question 29

During a pursuit, you should avoid using a personal vehicle unless absolutely necessary because

Answer 29

Felonious conduct is involved. If undertaken obey all traffic laws

Question 30

What officers are at an elevated risk during pursuit

Answer 30

Those deploying tire deflation devices

Question 31

What is your greatest protection against being second-guess in a later judicial proceeding regarding a pursuit?

Answer 31

Documenting the decision to pursue and the conduct and result of a pursuit

Question 32

What priority call is the possibility of major property damage

Answer 32

Priority one

Question 33

What priority call is the domestic violence incident?

Answer 33

1

Question 34

A felony or violent misdemeanor is a priority one call if it occurred within ___ minutes AND it is possible the suspects may be apprehended

Answer 34

15

Question 35

What priority call is an incident involving damage that presents a traffic hazard

Answer 35

2

Question 36

Priority one means immediate response is

Answer 36

Critical

Question 37

What priority response is a suspect flood from a scene longer the 15 minutes ago

Answer 37

2

Question 38

Do you have to notify dispatch of EVO during self initiated, traffic stops or calls for service?

Answer 38

No

Question 39

Are lights alone ever sufficient while conducting EVO

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

Who may upgrade or downgrade an emergency response? (3)

Answer 40

Responding officer Supervisor Dispatcher

Question 41

Any disagreement regarding upgrading or downgrading a response should be resolved by the

Answer 41

Highest ranking officer involved in the decision

Question 42

When should you notify dispatch if you upgrade or downgrade your response to a call

Answer 42

Every time you change the response

Question 43

If you decide that you would gain a tactical advantage by turning off lights/siren, what must you do?

Answer 43

Obey all traffic laws

Question 44

What are the three types of violators to have a blue, red, white or other colored light?

Answer 44

1. Never received a permit and not eligible to get one. 2. Could get a permit, but didn’t. 3. Had lawful permit, but it was revoked.

Question 45

Registry regulations require that operators obtain a permit for rotating, flashing or oscillating lights in what colors

Answer 45

All colors except Amber

Question 46

When is a permit required for alternating headlights a.k.a. wigwags

Answer 46

Always

Question 47

Red or blue lights may not be mounted or displayed except on ______ vehicles

Answer 47

Authorized emergency

Question 48

Blue lights are authorized for law-enforcement agencies or

Answer 48

Law-enforcement related personnel with a permit following an application approved by the chief

Question 49

Red lights are authorized for fire apparatus, ambulances, and _______ or for other emergency service vehicles with a permit

Answer 49

School buses

Question 50

Does the permit requirement apply to obvious police fire and EMS vehicles?

Answer 50

No

Question 51

White or any other color, emergency lights, rotating, flashing, or oscillating are authorized only for

Answer 51

Emergency service providers

Question 52

What color lights may be used without a registry permit

Answer 52

Amber

Question 53

What are the 8 types of vehicles that can use amber lights without a permit?

Answer 53

Auxiliary police Charitable organizations Private alarm/ security companies Government agencies (ex DPW) Towing services Utility companies Human organs or hazardous materials Construction equipment or snowplows

Question 54

For violations involving the use of red lights, what is the fine?

Answer 54

$305

Question 55

What is the fine for using lights other than blue, red or Amber?

Answer 55

$40

Question 56

What is the fine for using Amber lights?

Answer 56

No fine

Question 57

Removal order authorizes the registry to send offender an order directing them to remove lights within ____ days

Answer 57

5

Question 58

What should officers do if a motorist fails to remove the offending lights after ordered by the registry

Answer 58

File an immediate threat

Question 59

When do officers have the authority to physically remove and confiscate lights?

Answer 59

Only when the registry specifically directs them to do so in writing

Question 60

Officers may seize blue lights at the scene of the traffic stop if they have

Answer 60

Probable cause that the lights are evidence of the crime

Question 61

Private ambulance companies, Red Cross, auxiliary police, certain volunteer fire departments are examples of ________ vehicles

Answer 61

Samaritan

Question 62

Can Samaritan vehicles have lights and sirens?

Answer 62

Yes

Question 63

Someone can be cited for unnecessarily using a siren under 90/16 prohibiting:

Answer 63

Unnecessary noise

Question 64

90/16 Penalty for unlawful mounting of a siren

Answer 64

$55