GG S-Z Flashcards
Arrest is based on:
Probable Cause
Detention is based on:
Reasonable Suspicion
If there are two adult tenants present at a property, and one refuses entry and the other consents, the consent:
Cannot override the refusal.
Consent to search can only be given by the person(s):
Who controls or owns the item/location to be searched.
In accordance with F.S.S. 901.151 an officer may temporarily detain a person to determine his activity if:
He has shown any indications of having committed, about to commit, or in the process of committing a crime.
An officer may search a vehicle absent a search warrant under the following guidelines: (2)
a. A vehicle may be searched if an officer observes (this includes smell) in plain view, from a place where he is allowed to be, evidence of crime.
b. A vehicle may be searched if the owner or the person in control of that vehicle gives a voluntary consent. If possible, a consent waiver should be obtained.
What are the exigent circumstances justifying an officer’s entry into a residence: (3)
- The officers reasonably believe that life or health are substantially threatened; or
- Officers have an arrest warrant AND are at a suspect’s residence AND reasonably believe the suspect to be within.
- Considering the nature of the offense, any reasonable belief that the suspect is armed, probable cause to believe the suspect committed the offense, strong belief the suspect is in the premises, and the likelihood that an escape or destruction of evidence is being attempted or would be attempted, or that the safety of officers or the public is immediately in danger.
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, in order for the “plain view” seizure of an item to be proper: (3)
a. An officer must lawfully be within a constitutionally protected area or be at a lawful vantage point outside the area when he sees the item to be seized.
b. The observation of the item must be inadvertent (e.g. the officer must not have been intending to seize the item knowing it was there before the observation.)
c. The officer must then have probable cause to believe the item to be seized is connected with criminal activity (i.e., evidence, contraband).
Police may search a vehicle incident to any recent occupant’s arrest when: (2)
a. The arrestee is unsecured and within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search, or;
b. It is reasonable to believe that evidence relevant to the crime for which the occupant has been arrested might be found in the vehicle.
When an individual is placed in handcuffs and detained, regardless of a subsequent arrest, and his person or property is searched for weapons, contraband, or evidence of a crime, the detainment and search shall be:
Documented in an incident report, arrest report, or FI card
The officer’s supervisor shall be notified ___ any seizure and __ any search of the device.
Immediately after; Prior to
Any member who suffers injuries deemed to have been preventable had he/she worn a seat belt may experience:
A loss of worker’s compensation benefits as well as disciplinary action.
During the initial __ of a specialized assignment, an employee may be removed from the assignment by the division commander for any reason.
Six months
An objective and purposeful observation, evaluation and review of an activity, event, equipment, personnel and execution of department policies and procedures conducted by a member or section under the authority of the Chief of Police.
Staff Inspection
Staff inspections are to be conducted __ and at the direction of Chief of Police.
As needed or required by accreditation standards
A staff inspection may be suggested or requested by ___ upon submission of a memorandum briefly stating the reasons for the requested inspection.
Any member of the police department
Written notice of formal inspection shall be provided to the head of the bureau, division or other component to be inspected not less than ___ prior to the inspection.
Five days
Spot check inspections shall require __ advance notification.
No
Inspection reports must be submitted within ___ from the completion of the inspection.
Thirty days
Follow-up inspections shall be conducted at ___ intervals following the formal inspection and/or when notified the recommendations have been implemented.
Three month
Temporary restricted-duty requests will not be considered until adequate time has elapsed to accommodate recovery. For the purpose of the policy, that time will be a minimum of ___.
Three consecutive work days
An organizational model of problem solving, analysis and accountability.
Stratified Policing model
Isolated incidents that occur and are resolved within minutes and hours, or in some cases, days.
Immediate Problems
Individual events to which typically an officer responds to or discovers on patrol.
Incidents
Individual events that arise from calls for service but are deemed more serious by laws and policies of the police department, thus requiring additional investigation and/or a more extensive immediate response.
Cases of Interest
Those that occur over several days or weeks and typically require short-term versus immediate responses.
Short-Term Problems
A Repeat incident is ___ criminal or quality of life incidents that have occurred at the same place within ___.
Three or more; A 28-day period.
Any address that has had ___calls for service in a ___ period will be reviewed by the analysts for additional analysis pertaining to the address and added to the weekly COAR agenda for assignment and follow-up.
10 or more; Four-month
A ___ is a group of two or more crimes reported to or discovered by police that are unique because they meet each set of conditions.
Crime pattern
Spree / Hot Spot Radius are: (2)
- Two Incidents within a 0.2 mile radius
- Three or more incidents within a 0.4 mile radius.
The conditions to establish a crime Pattern are: (5)
a. They share at least one commonality in the type of crime; behavior of the offenders or victims; characteristics of the offender(s) victims or targets; property taken; or locations of occurrence;
b. There is no relationship between victim(s) and offender(s) (i.e., stranger-on-stranger crime);
c. The shared commonalities make a set of crimes notable and distinct from other criminal activity occurring within the same general date range;
d. The criminal activity is typically of limited duration, ranging from weeks to months in length; and
e. The set of related crimes is treated as one unit of analysis and is addressed through the focused police efforts and tactics.
What are the four crime Pattern types?
Series, Spree, Hot Spot, and Compound Problems
What is a Series?
A group of similar crimes committed by the same individual or group acting in concert.
What is a Spree?
A specific type of series characterized by high frequency of criminal activity within a remarkably short time frame, to the extent that the activity appears to be almost consistent.
What is a Hot Spot?
A group of similar crimes committed by one or more individuals at locations within close proximity to one another.
What is a Compound Problem?
Are the highest level problems that encompass various locations, offenders, and victims and, in most cases, exist throughout an entire jurisdiction.
A crime pattern will be updated if:
An additional incident or crime occurs in the identified area.
How long is the period of systematic response after the dissemination of each crime pattern or update?
14 days
Those that occur over several months, seasons, or years and stem from systematic opportunities created by everyday behavior and environment.
Long-Term Problems
What are the three Long-Term Problem catagories?
- Problem Locations
- Problem Areas
- Compound Problems
Individual addresses or types of places at which there is a concentration of crime problematic activity.
Problem Location
Also called hot spots, are relatively small areas (e.g., several block area) with a disproportionate amount of crime or disorder activity that is related. (Based on 2-year analysis of overlapping identified crime patterns)
Problem Area
A Problem Area is based on a __ year analysis of overlapping identified crime patterns.
Two
What does C.O.A.R. stand for?
An acronym for Collaborative Operational Analysis and Response.
C.O.A.R. meetings occur on a ___ basis.
Weekly
S.T.A.R.C.O.M. meetings occur on a ___ basis.
Monthly
What are the four Stratified Accountability Meetings?
- Daily Staff / Roll Call Briefings
- Weekly C.O.A.R. Meetings
- Monthly S.T.A.R.C.O.M. Meetings
- Annual Meetings
The role of the Patrol Sergeant within the Stratified Policing model is: (9)
a. Must be aware of all types of problems occurring in the districts and engaged in resolving those problems.
b. Will lead roll-call briefings to inform their patrol officers about problems in their assigned districts and assure their officers are working in a coordinated manner to address those problems.
c. Will be responsible for addressing identified short term problems such as repeat call for service locations and crime patterns.
d. Will take an active role in assisting officers to address crime patterns (e.g., assist with directed patrols, conducting field interview cards, and traffic stops).
e. Will document all efforts to address a pattern via the police department’s intranet (SMARTFORCE).
f. Will hold officers accountable for responses to crime patterns and repeat call for service locations.
g. Will hold officers accountable for all documentation of responses in the police department’s intranet (SMARTFORCE).
h. Will be invited to weekly COAR meetings to explain the actions they have taken when appropriate.
i. Will be invited to monthly STARCOM meetings to explain the actions they have taken when appropriate.
Rude or argumentative calls should be referred to a:
Supervisor.
A generic term often used to describe the escalating scale of responding force options available to an officer when responding to increasing levels of resistance.
Force Continuum
Response to resistance which is limited to holding and restraining persons, which shall include arm lock, take-down holds, and handcuffing but shall not include carotid artery holds or choke holds.
Restraining Force
Firearms should not be discharged from or at a moving vehicle except under the following conditions: (3)
- As a last resort, when all other opportunities have been exhausted, to prevent death or great bodily harm to the officer or another person;
- As a last resort to prevent the escape of a fleeing felon who would pose an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm;
- When authorized by a Lieutenant or higher authority.
When may an officer draw his firearms?
Whenever officers have reason to fear for their safety or the safety of others
The Primary Target Area (zone1) when deploying the SIM is:
Buttocks, thighs, calves
The Secondary Target Area (Zone2) when deploying the SIM is:
Abdominal area
The Third Targeted Area (Zone 3) when deploying the Sim is:
Head, neck, spinal cord, kidney area, and center of mass. (Deadly Force)
A Subject Resistance Report will be completed before the end of the officer’s tour of duty for use of the following: (6)
- Physical and Defensive force
- SIM Shotgun (whether the person was struck or not)
- Baton was deployed and used
- OC Aerosol intentionally or unintentionally discharged
- CEW is discharged on a person (whether struck or not)
- Destruction of an injured animal.
The basic skills course for certification of the CEW is a minimum of ___.
Four hours.
Recurrent training for the dart-firing stun gun must be conducted ___ and be a minimum of ___.
Annually; One hour duration.
Name the Target areas for the CEW: (3)
- Primary: Center mass of the Back
- Secondary: Center mass of the chest or legs
Relief from duty with full pay and benefits is intended to serve two purposes:
- To address the personal and emotional needs of an employee involved in the use of deadly force.
- To assure the community that verification of the facts surrounding such incidents are professionally explored.
Employees relieved from duty for a deadly force incident shall remain in the “relieved from duty” during the initial ___
24 hour period following the incident.
If a firearm is pointed directly at a subject in order to gain compliance, it shall be:
Documented in an offense report. “Rest” or “Low-ready” does not require any documentation.
Pointing a firearm at a subject to gain compliance DOES or DOES NOT require a Subject Resistance Report.
Does not
Under what circumstances can a Subject Resistance Response Report be left to a supervisor’s discretion but may also be completed?
Restraining Response/Force was necessary due to resistance without violence and there are no injuries.
An accidental use of OC Aerosol will be documented:
-Via memorandum to the officer’s immediate supervisor and may, at a later time, require a police report and a Subject Resistance Response Report.
Any Accidental discharge of a CEW will be documented:
-Via memorandum to the officer’s immediate supervisor and may, at a later time, require a police report.
Any Negligent discharge of a CEW will be documented: (2)
- Via memorandum to the officer’s immediate supervisor and may, at a later time, require a police report.
- Supervisor will complete a Supervisor’s Administrative Complaint to be forwarded to IA.
When a supervisor is notified of the use of force by an officer, the supervisor shall investigate the incident as follows:
- Respond to the scene
- Ensure medical attention is provided (if necessary)
- Photograph suspect and scene
- Interview all witnesses and witness officers at the scene.
- Ensure all witnesses complete written statements (or recorded)
- Ensure all witness officers’ complete supplemental reports.
- Command Staff notifications
- Review Incident and supplemental reports.
- Complete Subject Resistance Response Report and memorandum outlining the investigation.
- Reports, images, and memo forwarded to the Professional Standards Division.
All narcotic and search warrants require the presence of a:
Supervisor
Should traffic control be needed for an extended period of time, the shift supervisor will arrange for officer relief:
Every two (2) hours.
The training committee will be made up of the following members:
- Chief of Police or his designee
- Professional Standards Division Commander
- Staff Services Supervisor
- Staff Services Administrative Assistant
- Officers assigned to the training function on a full time basis
When supervisory personnel determine specific needs for proficiency to be addressed through in-service training, they shall:
Notify their supervisor in writing and through the Chain of Command.
