G.O's Flashcards
What is the mission of the CHP?
The mission of the California Highway Patrol is to provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security. This is accomplished through five departmental goals:
What are the 5 Departmental goals to complete the Mission?
· Protect life and property
· Provide superior service to the public and assistance to allied agencies
· Enhance public trust through community outreach and partnerships
· Invest in our people
· Identify and respond to evolving law enforcement needs
What are our Organizational Values?
R.E.E.F-
Respect for others, Ethical practices, Equitable treatment for all, Fairness
What is distance from building for smoking?
25 feet of doorways, ground level intakes and operable windows.
How much driver’s training do officers need?
8 hr training day every odd numbered year (every 2 years) and annual sgt ride along (no longer commentary driving)
Special relationships are established when Peace Officers…
(1) Places a person in peril;
(2) Affects or increases the risk of harm to a person by specific conduct; or
(3) Creates a Special Relationship by making an express or implied promise to undertake specific conduct on behalf of an individual & that individual detrimentally relies on that promise.
Uniformed personnel establishing “special relationships” as defined in this Order should remain at the scene until one or more of the following occur:
(1) They are properly relieved by departmental personnel.
(2) They have relinquished the scene management responsibilities to an on-scene representative of the governmental agency having primary responsibility for the incident.
(3) They have learned of a reasonably apparent emergency requiring their immediate attention elsewhere.
(4) They have received direction from a supervisor to assume duties elsewhere.
(5) Peace officer assistance and/or protection are no longer reasonably necessary.
What enforcement actions & activities shall be video & audio recorded in their entirety utilizing the state issued MVARS?
(1) Enforcement contacts (including pedestrians on the freeway).
(2) Pursuits.
(3) Emergency responses “Code 3.”
(4) Vehicle searches (excludes vehicle inventories).
(5) Disabled motorists.
You are a supervisor & one of your officer’s informs you that the MVARS in a certain patrol vehicle is malfunctioning. How do you proceed?
If it is determined MVARS equipment is in need of repair & is under warranty:
Warranty related repairs will be arranged by Area MVARS coordinators/supervisors
Directly through Watch-Guard service technicians.
If it is determined that the MVARS equipment problem/damage is not under warranty:
Notify Research & Planning Section MVARS coordinators via e-mail at: MVARS@chp.ca.gov.
The Division/Area will need to request an “X” Number for repairs.
he DV-1 Basic will format each new DVD upon initial use (Menu-System Settings) by entering unique identifiers. What are these identifiers?
(1) Patrol vehicle number (i.e., 123456).
(2) “CHP” followed by the three-digit Area location code (i.e., CHP051).
(3) Officer name & ID number.
What is the policy for supervisors/managers to review MVARS footage?
The recordings shall not be routinely reviewed to generate monthly and/or annual employee performance evaluations, nor shall recordings be randomly viewed for the sole purpose of locating policy and/or criminal violations.
What is a threshold incident?
Defined as those incidents which have a high probability of resulting in the Department or the State of California as a defendant in a civil lawsuit.
CAT A: Incident involving death of dept member, suspect, bystander Immediately notify ORM and ENTAC.
CAT B: Dept member intentionally fires firearm at someone, internal investigation with dept liability, critical incident that can affect morale. Notify ORM next business day.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of people, houses, and personal property. Requires probable cause for a search warrant
When does a search or seizure occur? (GO 100.91)
A search occurs when an expectation of privacy that society is prepared to consider reasonable is infringed.
A seizure of property occurs when there is some meaningful interference with an individual’s possessory interest in that property.
A seizure of a person occurs when a peace officer physically applies force, or when a person voluntarily submits to a peace officer’s authority.
What is reasonable suspicion?
Reasonable suspicion is the belief that (1) something related to a crime has just happened, is happening, or is about to happen, and (2) the vehicle or the person in the vehicle stopped, detained, or contacted (or pedestrian detained or contacted) is connected with that activity.
The CHP 202D/CHP 216 is not required in what circumstances?
Pat-down/frisk searches when no weapons, contraband, etc., are found & no arrest is made.
Vehicle inventories.
Searches conducted incidental to a lawful arrest (e.g., if an arrest results in a subsequent search or inventory of the suspect’s vehicle or person, a CHP 202D is not required to be completed).
CHP 202D is not required to be completed for the following:
(a) Parole or probation searches.
(b) Pat-down (Terry) searches when no weapons, contraband, etc. are found.
(c) Pre-storage/impound vehicle inventories.
(d) Searches conducted incident to a lawful arrest (i.e., an arrest resulting in a subsequent search or inventory of the suspect’s vehicle or person).
Note: Probable cause searches include when an officer is conducting a Terry Pat/Frisk, & feels what he/she believes to be a weapon, contraband, etc. In the instances, the officer has developed a probable cause to make intrusion into the suspect’s clothing or property &, therefore, a CHP 202D shall be completed
