Module 13 Flashcards
When investigating the violation of a facility rule you should obtain, time, date, location, what was seen and what was heard. T or F
True
By sealing and guarding a crime scene from contact by other inmates or jailers, you are doing what?
Preserving the crime scene
While handling blood or other potential pathogen evidence, you should be wearing protective equipment and place items in a ____________.
Paper Bag
Do not leave the scene until _________.
Relived
Administrative rule violations should be handled the same as ____________.
Criminal Violations
Administrative jail violations will be investigated by jail __________.
Personnel
__________ will decide to treat the case as a criminal or administrative problem or both.
Administration
___________ is the process which records transactions of evidence from person to person.
Chain of Custody
When ever possible evidence should be moved only by trained personnel or __________.
The investigating officer
Identify methods for investigating injured inmates, using the SACI acronym.
Secure the scene
Aid the injured
Contact supervisor
ID and isolate witnesses
Reporting
Injury reports of employees, visitors, and Inmates injured in a facility, should be prepared and submitted to__________ within ___ hours of the incident.
Sheriff/operator 24 hours
Secure the scene, contact the supervisor, maintain a log of people entering and exiting, submit a report to Texas Commission on Jail Standards are procedures for what?
Investigating a death in custody
Sketching has been known to help officers remember details of an event. T or F
True
When reviewing your report there should be no ____________ questions.
Open-ended
Complainant, witness, county, city and state records, informants, and officer observations are all sources of information for written reports. T or F
True
Reports should be written from a ________ perspective.
First Person
All events being documented in a report will need to be in ___________ since these events have already occurred.
Past Tense
_____________are incomplete sentences with an important piece of information left out of the sentence.
Sentence fragments
Reports should be written in active voice. T or F
True
What are the phases of examination in court?
- Direct examination/ prosecutor
- Cross examination/ defence
- Re-direct examination/ prosecutor
- Re-cross examination/ defense
Sustained, means the officer______ answer the question.
May not
Overruled means the officer_______ answer the question.
May
“Under the Rule” officers are _____ to discus the case with other witnesses or jurors.
Not
Officers should not leave the area until _________ by the judge.
Properly dismissed
Offensive, condescending, friendly, and badgering are some of the tactics _________ counsel may use.
Defence
_________ is the discharge or setting free from restraints or confinement.
Released
__________ is a discharge from an obligation based on some condition, the failure of which defeats the release.
Conditional release
__________ is the security given by the accused that he will appear and answer before the proper court the accusations brought against him, and includes a bail bond or a personal bond.
Bail
Bail bond is when _______ is used to keep a defendant out of jail before the hearing.
Collateral
A bail bond must contain the following requisites except….
A. Made payable to the state of Texas
B. The defendant will appear in court
C. Check finger prints
D. State the charge of felony or misdemeanor
E. That the bond be signed
F. That the bond states the time/place to appear.
C. Check finger prints
An officer who collects bail bonds and other obligations recovered in the name of the state shall deposit the money in the county _________.
Treasury
Money to be deposited in the county Treasury should be deposited no later than the next regular business day after the date the money is collected. T or F
True
Update the roster with the inmates current information __________.
Daily
