Crimes Codes

Question 1

A person is apprehended after spray painting a synagogue with numerous ethnic slurs. The damage to the property was $2,000. In addition to criminal mischief M-2, the person was also charged with Ethnic intimidation. What is the classification of the Ethnic intimidation Charge?

Answer 1

M-1

Question 2

A person commits the offense of ________ if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place for the purpose of threatening or terrorizing the owner or occupant, starting or causing to be started any fire on the premises or defacing the premises.

Answer 2

Criminal Trespass

Question 3

A person commits the crime of _______ who engages in course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts toward another person, including following the person without proper authority, under circumstances which demonstrate either intent to place such other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to such other person.

Answer 3

Stalking

Question 4

A person is apprehended looting a store that was damaged during a hurricane. The person was arrested with $500 in stolen merchandise. What classification is the crime of Theft?

Answer 4

F-1

Question 5

A person is arrested inside a department store for stealing $125 worth of merchandise. This person’s second offense. What classification of retail theft is this offense?

Answer 5

M-2

Question 6

A person is guilty of ___________ to Commit a crime if with the intent of promoting or facilitating its commission he commands, encourages or requests another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute such crime or an attempt to commit such crime or which would establish his complicity in its commission or attempted commission.

Answer 6

Criminal Solicitation

Question 7

A group of person agree to burglarize a jewelry store. Two of the persons break into the store and are apprehended when the alarm is activated. The operator of the getaway car is arrested away from the scene. All persons are charged with Burglary F-1 and related offenses. All person are also charged with criminal conspiracy. What classification is the conspiracy charge?

Answer 7

F-1

Question 8

A person who conceals or attempts to conceal a hypodermic needle on his person and intentionally or knowingly penetrates a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional institution, county jail or prison, detention facility or mental hospital during the course of an arrest or any search commits the crime of __________.

Answer 8

Aggravated Assault

Question 9

A person solicits another person to set fire to his property for insurance purposes. During the course of the fire, a firefighter is killed. What classification and crime was committed by both parties?

Answer 9

Murder 2nd Degree

Question 10

A person enters a department store, hides in a vacant office until the stores closes. This person then unlawfully takes various merchandise from the store and is apprehended leaving the premises. What would the most serious charge against this person?

Answer 10

Criminal Trespass F-3

Question 11

Section 508 of the Pennsylvania Crimes code deals with the Use of Force in law enforcement. What Three things are allowed?

Answer 11

1. Use of force is justified to prevent a person from committing Suicde.
2. An officer is justified in using force when serving an invalid warrant as long as he believed at the time it was valid.
3. Deadly force is justified when the person to be arrested has committed or attempted to commit s forcible felony and possesses a deadly weapon.

Question 12

Three persons decide they are going to rob a convenience store. One of the persons will actually enter the store and commit the robbery while the third person waits outside in an automobile and drive s them off when they have completed the robbery. While enroll to the store one of the persons who was to enter the store decides not to participate and leaves the area. The robbery is foiled before they could actually complete the act. Both persons give confessions to police implicating the third personas a co-conspirator. What if any Crime would be the most serious charge against the third person?

Answer 12

No Crime

Question 13

A person in the course of a robbery is apprehended with a handgun and was wearing a bullet-proof vest. According to section 907 of the Pennsylvania Crimes code, what classification would the person be charged with in addition to robbery charges for the possession of the weapon and body armor?

Answer 13

Weapon M-1
Body Armor F-3

Question 14

A person comes home from work to find his wife in a compromising position with his best friend. Enraged, the husband takes a blunt object and bludgeons the person several times over the head causing his death. What crime would the husband likely to be charged with?

Answer 14

Voluntary Manslaughter

Question 15

A person commits an offense of ___________ if he knowingly restrains another unlawfully in circumstances exposing him to risk of serious bodily injury or hold another in a condition of involuntary servitude.

Answer 15

Unlawful Restraint

Question 16

One of the most valuable assets in law enforcement battle against crime is the police informant. In the totality of the circumstances analysis of a criminal informant’s hearsay information is the reliability and credibility. What is the most common way to establish an informant’s reliability when using as probable cause for a search warrant.

Answer 16

documenting the past use of the informant and the number of times information was used that proved to be correct and led to an arrest.

Question 17

Of all the types of information acted upon by law enforcement, when establishing probable cause for a search warrant in a criminal investigation, What’s the most independent verification.

Answer 17

Anonymous Informant

Question 18

An officer receives an anonymous tip that a person is selling drugs from inside his residence. The officer sets up an independent investigation and surveillance based on the anonymous tip and observes numerous persons enter and exit the premises during the daylight hours consistent with a drug operation. The officer prepares and executes a valid search & seizure warrant arresting the target of the investigation. How Can the officer Corroborate the information for the warrant.

Answer 18

Officer independent investigation from the anonymous tip corroborated the information and could be used as probable cause for a search warrant.

Question 19

A detective investigates a burglary and finds that the suspect lives at a certain location and the likelihood of the stolen merchandise will be in his residence. The detective obtains a search & seizure warrant for the suspects premises on October 12, 2003 at 5:00pm. When will the search & seizure warrant expire?

Answer 19

October 14, 5:00pm

Question 20

What would be a valid search concerning Search Incident Arrest?

Answer 20

A person is observed by Police who is wanted on a valid arrest warrant. The person is apprehended and searched finding narcotics and a weapon.

Question 21

The plain view doctrine authorizes law enforcement officers to seize evidence without obtaining a warrant as long as the officer has prior constitutional justification for the intrusion. What is considered constitutionally valid for the plain view doctrine?

Answer 21

A officer enters a home on a complaint and observes a scale, white powder and currency on the living room table.

Question 22

Custodial Interrogation

Answer 22

A person must be detailed in Police facility to be considered a custodial interrogation.

Question 23

As a general rule of constitutional criminal procedure, the Fifth Amendment commands that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself. What would be considered to be self incrimination and restricted by the Fifth Amendment?

Answer 23

Court Room Testimony

Question 24

In order to determine whether a particular area or object warrants Fourth Amendment protection the courts will engage in a two-part inquiry. The inquiry will be weather the person had an actual expectation of privacy and whether society recognizes it to be reasonable. What three places would fall into 4th amendment protection?

Answer 24

1. A hotel room occupied by a person.
2. The locked trunk of a mobile automobile
3. A closed garage.

Question 25

What would not be a justified investigatory detention of a motor vehicle?

Answer 25

An officer observes a person operating a person that he issued a traffic violation the previous month for operating without a valid drivers license and stops the person for investigation because of the possibility of the person is operating without a license.

Question 26

An officer stops a person for a traffic violation during the early morning hours. The vehicle is occupied by two persons, one which the officer recognizes as a known felon. The officer is working solo and there is no evidence that the occupants are involved in any criminal activity at the time of the stop. The officer orders the occupants out the vehicle for his own safety. What statement best describe the justification of removing the occupants from the vehicle?

Answer 26

The officer is justified if the officer has a reasonable belief for his safety absent the suspicion of criminal activity.

Question 27

Photographic arrays should be prepared, exhibited and preserved by means of a standard procedure which demonstrates reliability and the absence of undue suggestiveness. What is a false statement in reference to Photo arrays?

Answer 27

It’s permissible for more than one person at a time to view the photo array.

Question 28

The U.S Supreme Court set forth procedures that enforcement officials must follow to safeguard a custodial suspect’s privilege against self-incrimination. Certain warnings must be read to the accused, and the accused must fully understand their rights against self incrimination. What is not required to ensure the admissibility of the statement;

Answer 28

The right to face their accusers.

Question 29

The keynote to the concept of abandonment is the actor’s intention to relinquish all claims to the property - either personal or real - with the concomitant intention of not reclaiming or resuming ownership, possession, or control over it. Once this exits, it may then he said that the actor’s relinquishment took place under circumstances that he retained no expectation of privacy. What is considered abandonment?

Answer 29

A person leaves items in a hotel room after he has checked out and paid the bill.

Question 30

According to directive #11 aliens/military personnel in police custody and request for political asylum. Where will a person be transported who requests political asylum from police personnel…

Answer 30

Detective division of occurrence.

Question 31

On every occasion where a search warrant is executed, what forms will be left with the owner or occupant of the premises according to directive #7, Search Warrants?

Answer 31

A copy of the warrant and warrant information card 75-614.

Question 32

According to directive #2, Responsibilities at crime scene, what is the correct procedure for submitting latent fingerprints to the latent print section?

Answer 32

Submit a 75-48 listing the number of fingerprint cards.

Question 33

According to directive #2 Responsibilities at a crime scene. What is not the responsibility of the assigned investigator on a crime scene?

Answer 33

Decide what security is needed at the crime scene.

Question 34

An officer while conducting a vehicle investigation has a weapon pulled on him by the operator of the vehicle. The officer discharges his firearm striking the suspect in the leg causing injury to the person. The suspect is hospitalized in stable condition. Who has the responsibility to conduct the investigation into the shooting to directive #10, Discharge of forearm by police personnel?

Answer 34

Detective division of occurrence.

Question 35

According to directive #33, police and suspect photographs. How many photographs, including the suspects photograph, will the investigator secure to conduct a photographic display?

Answer 35

6

Question 36

According to directive #7, search warrants what are the hours of a daytime search?

Answer 36

10:01pm to 5:59am

Question 37

Missing person, Directive #52 states what three things

Answer 37

1. A juvenile or detective unit supervisor will determine the category of the missing person.
2. Whenever a person is listed in the NCIC as missing, the district or division Lieutenant will decide weather further detention is necessary.
3. All juvenile under the age of 18 will automatically be listed in NCIC-PCIC.

Question 38

According to Directive #51 Missing Person. How often will the assigned investigator re-interview the complainant on a missing person?

Answer 38

72 hours after the initial visit, once a week for 1 month.

Question 39

According to Directive #14, PawnBrokers, Junk Dealers, Second Hand Stores and Antique Shops, what action will the assigned investigator take on a pledger who is wanted but the pawned article is not listed as stolen, lost or missing

Answer 39

Conduct an investigation into the article, place a stop on the article.

Question 40

According to directive #61 Investigative Reports, what is the proper procedure the assigned investigator will take to change the classification on an investigative report (75-49):

Answer 40

Change the classification on the initial investigative report (75-49) or submit a supplemental report (75-52).

Question 41

Unless otherwise directed by the police Commissioner, Divisional commander or higher rank, who will have the primary responsibility to investigate a bias incident according to directive #73, Reporting and investigation of Bias Incidents;

Answer 41

Detective Division of occurrence

Question 42

According to Directive #77 Wanted Persons, The assigned investigator will attempt to apprehend the wanted subject immediately upon obtaining the warrant. If the subject is not apprehended the assigned investigator will prepare a wanted folder. What are the three part of the wanted folder package?

Answer 42

1. Attempt to apprehend log
2. Two photographs of the wanted subject
3. Composite sketch

Question 43

The assigned investigator obtains an arrest warrant for a suspect. What is the criteria to have this person entered into the National Crime Information center (NCIC) according to Directive #77 Wanted Persons?

Answer 43

Suspect must be wanted for a felony or serious misdemeanor and willing to extradite

Question 44

An arrest is made on a stolen vehicle. The assigned investigator requests assistance in establishing ownership through the confidential serial numbers on the vehicle. According to directive #33, Vehicle Theft investigations; who will the assigned investigator contact for assistance in establishing ownership;

Answer 44

Major Crimes Auto Squad

Question 45

An arrest is made on a shooting. The firearm used in the shooting is seized. The vehicle used in the crime was confiscated along with an additional firearm and narcotics. According to Directive #91, how many property receipts will be prepared by the assigned investigator?

Answer 45

4

Question 46

During a demonstration a person is arrested for property damage. According to directive #70, Demonstrations and labor disputes; who will be responsible for the investigation?

Answer 46

Detective Division of occurrence