MPF Points to Remember Flashcards
How can the age of a child be determined?
- ________
- ________ Record
- Entry in a _______
- Opinion of a _______ after examination of child, and
- The personal inspection of a child by a _____ or _____.
- Birth Certificate
- Church Baptismal Record
- Family Bible
- Physician
- Court or Jury
Children
- If searching for a lost child always search ________.
*2. Can volunteers be used to search for a lost child?
- When dealing with JUVENILES consider what is best for _______ and also the needs of ________.
- Within _____ of making a report by phone to the register, send the original and ___ copy(s) of the report to your local CPS.
- Strong proof of child abuse if the child has a ______.
*6. A mother reports her child has been sexually abused by her boyfriend. In what order should you conduct interviews?
- Are bruises on the lower legs of a newly mobile child an indication of child abuse?
*8. Females are no longer accepting a passive role, and are becoming more independent. This means increased ________.
- What does “In Loco Parentis” mean?
- Can a parent consent to the search of a child’s room?
- Their home, even if the parents say they already did it.
- (According to Iannone) Yes, they may but under the direction of an officer. And if a crime is involved investigators should be notified immediately (Use as many cops as are available first)
- the juvenile, the community
- 48 hours, 1 copy
- STD
- Mother, then child, then boyfriend
- Not necessarily, especially if learning to walk
- Delinquency
- “In the Place of a Parent”
- Yes, if they are not paying rent.
*1. A suppression hearing may also be called a ________ hearing.
- What is the most important issue to discuss at a Citizen Patrol meeting??
- What is Corpus Delicti? Example?
- Who should you notify in an emergency that involves a large oil or toxic material spill into a lake or large river?
- Why is drug evidence kept locked in a safe?
- What should you do if you see an officer improperly subduing a person?
***7. Is it admissible if young girl shouts “Dad, I was raped”?
- Crime prevention programs involve the police and ______.
- Huntley-Wade
- Vigilante activities
- The thing of substance that establishes the facts that a crime has been committed. Example: Body of murdered person (Homicide), or charred remains of a burned house (Arson).
- US Coast Guard
- To keep it safe
- Take immediate action
- Yes, Res Geste/spontaneous utterance exception to hearsay rule
- the public
- You observe subordinates taking meals outside your jurisdiction and overstaying their assigned meal period. Is discipline warranted?
- Should you try to stop a vehicle with armed/dangerous occupants on your own?
*4. A fraud fire (Arson) includes a fire to terminate a _________. (Other motivations?)
- Do you need an eavesdropping warrant if only one party in a conversation gives consent?
- Yes
- No, follow and wait for assistance
- Unprofitable lease. (Financial gain by quick liquidation of a business, settlement of an estate, termination of business partnership, fire insurance, hatred/revenge/spite/jealousy, terrorism, concealment of another crime, pyromaniac)
- No
- Is improving the department’s relationship with the public considered a benefit of Planning for Results (PFR)?
- What is the most important step for the department to take when establishing a public relations program?
- How many chest compressions per minute for one person CPR?
*4. Which law permits officers to take mentally ill persons into custody? What is the criteria?
- Which is first priority at a crime scene: aiding the injured or securing the scene?
*7. Zone of safety between you and a drunk person is ____ to ____ feet.
- No, not generally
- To make sure each officer is properly trained
- 80
- Mental Hygiene Law. Substantial Risk of PHYSICAL Harm to himself or others
- Aiding the Injured
- 4 to 6ft
- What should be done after a prisoner stabs an officer inside the stationhouse? The prisoner had just been transported.
- Who notifies next of kin if a US Serviceman’s death is the result of an incident being investigated by your department and he was on official leave?
- The decision to release the name of a decedent to the press prior to notifying the family is a matter of _______ policy. (Usually ok, if next of kin cannot be notified within ____.)
**5. Is ICE part of the Department of Justice?
- Why should an officer be familiar with the legitimate activity that occurs on his post?
- Police on routine patrol should give special attention to persons sleeping in ______. What if investigation reveals they are Feds?
- Person complains that his next-door neighbors (father and son) argue loudly at 5am. You respond, what is the first thing you should do?
- Have the vehicle he was transported in searched and find out who transported him
- The police notify
- department, 2 hours
- No, DHS.
- So when unusual activity occurs he will notice it
- Cars overnight. The agency involved should be contacted to determine if there are more of them.
- Determine if the neighbor spoke with them about it.
- You respond to a husband/wife family argument. Important to _______.
- What is the most common reason a vehicle pursuit starts?
- What is the objective of traffic control?
- At a road closure, what should you do if a driver or pedestrian fails to understand your hand signals?
- First action if confronted in a hallway with a knife wielding prowler?
*7. Is “Risk of Danger to Police/Public” a good reason to discontinue a high-speed vehicle chase?
- Separate them and listen to both sides
- a traffic offense
- To facilitate the safe and rapid movement of vehicles and pedestrians
- Move closer to them and briefly explain your command
- Draw Revolver
- Yes. DANGER is an important consideration. Also, cops knowledge of the area, use of lights and sirens, and the need to apprehend the subject now, are all good considerations.
- T or F: That preventive policing is required in areas where people are motivated into anti-social behavior, is a justifiable reason for saturating a high crime area with police.
- It is particularly important for the police to remain neutral in ______ disputes.
- What is a good way to reduce time from commission of offense to time of police arrival?
*5. The most critical element in the development of DIRECTED PATROL TACTICS is ______ and ______ ANALYSIS.
- Civil rights violations are prosecuted criminally and civilly in _____ courts.
- What should you do if you see a motorist place a gun into a glove compartment?
- True
- low-rental Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Convince citizens to NOTIFY the police
- CRIME and PROBLEM ANALYSIS
- Federal (Real world its both state and federal)
- Approach carefully and ask to see his permit
**1. What should you do at a gas leak call FIRST? Then _____ and _______. If possible _______. Do not use _____, _____ or _____.
- What should you do after Entering a house with a strong odor of gas, and neighbor thinks someone is home?
**3. Raid takes place on an active (clandestine) drug lab. Should you turn off the machines or ventilate?
**4. How should you position your vehicle if stopped a felony suspect vehicle?
4a. What about second patrol vehicle?
- Describe daytime and nighttime foot patrol. ______ regularly for both.
- Where should you set up for speed enforcement?
- What should be done with three perps at a felony car stop if you have back up?
**8. If you run ____ to a fleeing suspect you will never catch him.
- Should you explain to an errant motorist why he was stopped and what is going to happen?
- NOTIFY the gas company. Ventilate and remove victims. Shut off the gas. Do not use door bell, flashlights, or room lights.
- Turn off gas, then Ventilate, then Look for Victim. (Any other choice would cause danger to officer and/or victim. Don’t ask “How do I know where gas is coming from?” The choice said “turn off the gas” so that has to be accepted as given) (Not the same as clandestine lab)
- Ventilate. Do not turn off the machines!
- Off roadway ( if possible) and 3 feet to LEFT and 12 feet BEHIND suspect vehicle (License plate just visible). (Most answers just say “behind and a little to the left”).
4a. Behind you and to the right of suspect vehicle. (But first they should park behind your auto and be briefed by you)
- Daytime=at curb facing traffic, nighttime=near building line, backtrack
- Straight, level highway, free from interference of shrubs, RAILS, etc.
- Get them on the ground in a prone position.
- Parallel
- Yes
*1. Should a suspect who is shot and down still be considered a possible threat? What should you do if his gun is near him?
- Do NOT engage in a pursuit chase if suspect is ____ and not a danger to anyone.
- Are traffic stops at night more dangerous than during the day? Should you assume that occupants of a stopped vehicle MAY be dangerous?
- How should a plain-clothes officer act when stopped by a uniformed officer?
- Reason for traffic enforcement?
$6. Where should you refer complaints about a driveway repair scam?
- How many officers should man a roadblock?
- Is it ok to set up a roadblock AT an intersection?***
- Yes. Get it out of the way.
- Known
- Yes. Yes, do not be complacent
- They should never turn and face the officer with hands still hidden, and should not reach for ID while explaining who they are.
- To reduce accidents
- Attorney General of Consumer Fraud Unit
- At least two
- Yes, just not in sight of one
You are told by your boss that an MVA occurred EITHER because Vehicle X was headed West or Vehicle Y was headed East. If Vehicle X was headed West it would not be more than 10ft from the point of impact.
When you arrive you find Vehicle X to be 23ft from the point of impact. What should you conclude?
Conclude that Vehicle Y was headed East.
Accidents
- Reason to divert traffic away from accident scene?
- What at an accident scene may indicate point of impact?
*3. When photographing an accident scene, photograph the ____ scene and the relationship of _____ and _____. Photos should show the ______ point of drivers, _______ of vehicles, the _______ to the vehicles, and things that support _______.
- When should accurate (steel tape) measurements be taken at an accident scene?
- Who arranges for testing of VICTIM’s blood in a fatal MVA.
*6. What is GAP SKID?
- ____ and ____ fragments ae important evidence for a hit and run.
- Can you say that a vehicle that hit a tree and suffered heavy damage was traveling at a high rate of speed.
- Which of the follow is Least often a contributing factor in motor vehicle accidents? A) Human Error, B) Mechanical Failure, C) Dangerous Roadways, or D) hazardous weather conditions
- To prevent another accident
- under body debris (If not an option choose glass fragments)
- Entire, autos and roadway, vantage, movement, damage, your theory of the cause of the accident
- Fatal, serious injury, possibility of lawsuits against jurisdiction (ex: obstructed view)
- Coroner/medical examiner
- The brakes lock, skid, then the brakes are released (Where skid marks stop the breaking stopped)
- Glass and Paint
- No
- B) Mechanical Failure is Least often a contributing factor
Accidents
- At an auto accident scene if Cocaine is found in the car you must establish the following three things:
***2. MVA where HAZMAT vehicle is the only vehicle involved, and the driver is ok, what should you do first? If there are no placards?
- If an EVACUATION must take place select a proper place for a ________. Consider?
- If the spill site must be sealed off what should you do first?
$5. What should you do is a live wire is down?
- If accident victim is an organ donor should police go to the morgue with the body? If an injured party is wearing a medical alert bracelet do the police need to go to the hospital with them?
- When investigating an accident is it ok to have a theory?
- Take photographs at a _____ accident scene to aid in your investigation, and if needed to use as exhibits in court.
- A) The finding was inadvertent
B) your intrusion into the vehicle was minimal
C) you had a valid reason for entering the vehicle - Determine what the HAZMAT is. Ask the driver.
- evacuation shelter. Consider weather, number of evacuees, and distance from site.
- Assign an officer to each road that leads to the spill. Also consider radio/tv broadcasts, and barricades if needed.
- Clear the area
- No, its not their responsibility. No, its not necessary.
- Yes
- Physical injury
Accidents
*1. Reason for securing an accident scene?
- Notify _____ about a train accident. Which would come first: Determining what HAZMAT you are dealing with or calling the DEC? How should you do this?
- When, due to an accident, a major roadway must be closed for a significant period of time, what should you you do?
- Which should be done first when investigating a leaving the scene auto accident? Take statements, take photos, make a sketch, or collect physical evidence?
- When a person at an accident scene is sitting in the street dazed and confused, is it ok to move him and try to find out if he is injured?
- Can sobriety checkpoints be effective at reducing accidents?
- Use _______ to reduce accidents at specific locations.
***8. Victim injured in an MVA cant move their fingers and has numbness around their shoulders. Also, the radiator steam looks like fire so they are scared. Is it ok to remove her from the vehicle? What should you do?
*9. Tire SMUDGES may show ______for MVA.
- To protect the investigators and public, Another answer: to prevent it from getting more serious
- Railroad. Determine what HAZMAT first. Asking a rail employee is recommended.
- Set up adequate detours around the accident scene. When the scene is secured and alternate routes established, THEN its ok no notify the media.
- Take statements
- No, do not move him
- Yes
- Selective Enforcement (AKA Enforcement Index) = Enforce laws related to specific offense at specific time and place.
- Do not remove her. Call an ambulance, loosen her clothing and keep her warm.
- Point of Impact
Military Aircraft Crash:
Secure the area.
1. What should you do if an unauthorized person is taking pictures?
2. _______ has sole authority for release of information. Refer all inquiries to them.
3. _______ is responsible for all notifications to next of kin of on-duty military
4. According to Iannone: should news media be prevented from taking photos?
- Record their name and address an give it to the military. Also, inform them that they must submit their photos to the military.
- The Military
- The Military
- No, but release of said photos is up to the military
Diplomatic Immunity and Liability
- If a FULL and IMPARTIAL investigation is done ______(when) regarding civil liability of police, it can refute allegations of a _____.
- Does diplomatic immunity also protect a diplomat from INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS?
- What is the first step when someone claims diplomatic immunity after being arrested.
- A way to limit liability regarding false arrests is to obtain a ______.
- What are the most frequent reasons for lawsuits against police?
- Where does a PO’s greatest CIVIL NEGLIGENCE LIABILITY comes from?
- _______ and _____ are of more help to law enforcement than any other crime prevention method.
- as soon as possible, cover-up
- No
- Verify their status
- arrest warrant (Note: Warrant must contain a name. If not known use name/description that can reasonably identify him. If John Johnson is wanted and only found a John F Johnson you have right to inquire/question for ID (People v Vazquez))
- Assault and False Arrest
- the operation of a police vehicle
- Public Awareness and Involvement
Identifications
- Can an artist rendering be considered a positive ID?
- What should be done with a rapist suspect, whose only connection to a series of rapes is that he matches the description of the rapist?
$3. What should be done if the community is upset about a series if rapes?
- How many people do you need for a line-up? Is it ok to mention that one of the suspects has a prior criminal record?
- In a PHOTOGRAPHIC LINE-UP should witnesses view photos separately from other witnesses?
- Should you show a photo array to a witness who has already identified (gave you) the suspect?
- When attempting to ID a suspect, do not use an artists sketch if the identity of the suspect is _____.
- If a crime victim unequivocally identifies her assailant, but is excited and has been drinking, do you still have probable cause for an arrest?
- Show up identifications must be conducted close in ____ and _____ to the commission of the crime. Can the suspect be handcuffed?
- No and If suspect is known do not use them for pre-trial identification.
- Release him
- Hold a press conference and give information but do not compromise your investigation
- At least 5 IN ADDITION to the suspect (Total is at least 6). No
- Yes
- No
- Known
- Yes
- time and location. Yes, but show up cannot otherwise be suggestive.
Fingerprints
$1. What is the First thing to be sought in the Classification of Fingerprints?
- Two copies of a fingerprint report have come from DCJS. Send them to _____.
$3. _______ can be used to develop fingerprints on paper.
- If dusting for latent prints on a mirror which color should you use?
- What is the most common fingerprint pattern?
$6. What are the three types of fingerprints and what are they found on? Which is not visible?
$7. Are unidentifiable fingerprints a solvability factor?
**8 T or F: A Latent print, not further identified (suspect’s prints not on file), is not of much value?
- Pattern
- Court
- Silver Nitrate
- Usually black, but recent school of thought says white since due to reflective material inside mirrors. Lab techs inform PTS they use grey powder.
- Loop
- Latent=Painted wood, Visible=dust covered surfaces, plastic=putty/soap. Latent
- NO
- True
Fingerprints
- What fingerprint type appears on glass and is not visible before processing?
*2. T or F: Universal fingerprinting (everyone goes into the record) is considered by many to be a violation of civil rights.
- Which fingerprint type is most difficult to find on fabric material, such as wool?
- Latent
- True
- Latent
Bomb Threats
*1. The final decision to evacuate a building where there has been a bomb threat is the SOLE Responsibility of _______. The Officer in Charge should _______.
- Always look for a _________ after finding a bomb.
- Turn off ____ and ____for bomb search in building. Why? Get ______ to assist with the search. Don’t use _____.
- _________ (____ or more) recovered after a bomb goes off can be used to determine the ____ and ____ during which an explosive was manufactured.
- If a car bomb explodes in a school parking lot, move ________ to a safe place for ______.
- When an explosion occurs in a building that supplies equipment to the Defense Department, and it may be a terrorist act, before searching the building for additional explosives what should you find out?
- How should emergency vehicles approach in response to a bomb threat.
- When searching an area for a bomb its up to ______ to determine the area to be searched.
- The person in charge of that building, recommend/suggest that the building be evacuated
- second bomb.
- Heat and AC. Perhaps you will hear the bomb ticking. someone familiar with the building, portable radios
- Explosive Taggants, 20, date, shift
- witnesses, interviews
- find out if any of the equipment poses an environmental hazard
- As unobtrusive as possible. This is because many bomb threats are false reports initiated to create excitement or disruption, and the attention drawn by the emergency vehicles may stimulate repeated bomb threat calls.
- Patrol Supervisor or Officer in Charge
Homicides
$1. For a homicide in a field should you search for evidence before or after the body is removed?
**2. If the body has been in the field a while, subject to the weather and much degradation, what would be the best source of DNA? ***What is not a good source?
- Drowning in salt vs fresh water?
- T or F: Records show that when spontaneous assaults/homicides occur between people drinking, both the perp and the victim have been drinking.
*5. Rigor Mortis begins in the _____ and ____ and spreads from there to the rest of the body. Usually starts between _____ and ____ hours after death, and in temperate climates leaves after ____ to ____ hours.
- Photograph the ______ and _____ from a homicide scene. Also photograph ______ when a dead body is removed.
- Blueish lips and fingernails are signs of death by _______.
- ______ can cause post mortem trauma to the chest area.
**9. ______ colored blotches on the ____ of a person inside a stalled vehicle could indicate carbon monoxide poisoning.
*10. Take notes at DOA scene where CPR is used to account for ________.
11 T or F: If a body is completely destroyed in a fire, the experts may NOT be able to tell if the person died as a result of the fire.
- What may indicate that a body was moved after death?
- What is the first step to take at a homicide scene?
- After
- Bones or teeth, (Tissue is ok only if not degraded), Urine is not good. (look for fingerprints)
- Salt water = Right ventricle will have higher chloride and magnesium content then left
Fresh water = Right ventricle will have lower chloride then left
- True
- Face and Jaw, 2-4hrs, 36-48hrs
- access and egress, area under the body
- asphyxia
- CPR
- pink/cherry red, skin
10 post-mortem injuries
- True
- Postmortem lividity
- Take photographs. (This should be done before gathering evidence or interviewing witness) (only possible exception is if you need to render aid)
Guns
*1. _______ is NOT a reliable test for gunpowder residue on someone’s hand
***2. What to look to determine GUAGE and MANUFACTURER of shotgun shell?
- How should you pick up a firearm?
*4.The Lands and Grooves in the barrel of a handgun, which appear as impressions (STRIATIONS) on a fired bullet, can be used to determine _____.
- What, if anything, can be determined from the trace marks left on a shell casing made from a guns ejection port?
- If at a murder scene, empty shell casings and a semi-automatic hand gun have been seized, you should examine the weapon for______.
- When training officers to deal with armed suspects, what should you tell them is the FIRST this thing they should do?
- What should be done with unfired ammunition inside a detachable magazine?
- What should be done with a gun recovered from water?
*10. When shell casings are found at crime scene and a suspect with a gun is arrested check to see if __________.
- Dermal Nitrate (Paraffin Test)
- pellets and wadding
- Insert pencil through the trigger guard (other answer: grasp the sides of the trigger guard, the checkered parts of the grips or the knurled fittings where useful prints are unlikely to be found. Or insert pencil/wire hanger through trigger guard behind trigger.)(NEVER insert anything into the bore)
- Make
- The type of gun
- Fingerprints.
- Draw their weapon.
- Do not remove it. Instead mark the magazine, attach an evidence tag, and then place in a suitable container marked “LIVE AMMUNITION”.
- Do not dry it. Instead place it in a leakproof container and cover it with some of the water it was found in.
- Gun is same caliber as the casings
Documents
1 ________ document evidence Before submitting it to the lab.
- How should you handle a charred document?
- Documents should be stored in _______.
**4. What is the FIRST factor/evidence to consider with a RANSOME NOTE?
- T or F: Writing comparisons done by an expert Cannot always determine whether the writing was purposely disguised.
- photograph
- Do not touch it, or pick it up with forceps. Instead slide a sheet of paper under it, and package in a way that no pressure is placed on it.
- Plastic folders
- Fingerprints (DNA was thought to be a more up to date answer, but still fingerprints)
- True
Hostages
- What is the most important consideration in a hostage situation? What is the most important thing in a hostage NEGOTIATION?
- Will a trained hostage negotiation team be most effective in dealing with a hostage?
*3. _____ is best to bring a hostage situation to a successful conclusion. _______ are able best way to accomplish this.
- The first officers who arrived at a hostage scene should be _______ prior to dismissal.
- In hostage negotiations ____ should NOT do it. You can stall for time without him.
$7. If your officers on patrol, run into a hostage situation, and they call you for direction, what should be your first action?
**8. Which of the following persons is a hostage negotiator more likely to have success with? Robber, Prison Inmate, Terrorist, or Emotionally Disturbed Person?
- Evacuate ________ first in hostage situation.
- The SAFETY of Police And the Hostage. The passage of time.
- Yes
- Time, Trained Hostage Negotiators
- Debriefed
- Top Boss
- ask for more details and whether or not there is a threat to others
- A Robber (*A criminal caught in the act is easiest to deal with)
- side rooms first (Unless there is a practical/tactical reason to do another room first)
Surveillance
- T or F: Police used for SURVEILLANCE should blend in and should be aware of the dress and demeanor of local people.
*5. How to position Two officers for foot surveillance on a Crowded street?
*6. ABC Foot Surveillance with Three Officers: 1)Normal Pedestrian Traffic? 2)Little/No Pedestrian Traffic? 3)Crowed Street?
*7. Should officers change positions frequently?
$*8. How many officers are needed for ABC method?
*9. When picking a stakeout location do not pick one that will restrict your _______.
*10. When following a vehicle (or driving in general) in heavy traffic maintain _______ car lengths.
- Do not use an officer as an undercover who the target will _______.
$12. Becoming familiar with a suspects _______ and _______ will help the investigator conduct surveillance more effectively.
- When instructing surveillance team members, direct them to travel through the area to determine ___________ (x5)
- What are methods of a suspect may use to test if being followed in a vehicle? On Foot?
14a. How may a suspect try to elude surveillance?
- True
- Both officers on the same side of street as suspect, one close and one further back
- 1) A=Behind Suspect, B=Same side following A, C=Opposite Side a bit behind Suspect
2)A=May be in front of suspect, B and C on opposite side
3)A, B and C=Same side as Suspect. (A is very close) - Yes
- Possibly as many as Five. Eight may cause team to be unwieldy.
- Movement
- One
- Recognize
12 Background and social habits
- Traffic conditions, suitable observation posts, dress and demeanor of locals, well-known landmarks, and possible areas of difficulty
- U Turns, Drive slow, running red lights/stop signs, drive into dead end, use alley, driving wrong way on one way street, stopping after curve/hill, turning on side road, listening to PD radio, using accomplices
stopping abruptly and looking behind, casually looking around, reversing/retracing steps, boarding a bus/subway right before it leaves, circling the block in a taxi, entering building the leaving another exit, stopping abruptly around a corner, using convoys, watching reflection in shop window, walking slowly and rapidly at alternate intervals, dropping a piece of paper to see if anyone picks it up, stop to tie shoe to look if followed, having friend watch from tavern/store, using hotel lobby mirrors, using binoculars to look from window/roof at adjacent room, looking under hotel door for surveillance equipment, look inside a room quick when someone leaves, pretend to leave room but instead listen for typing/talking in adjacent room
14a. Jump off bus/subway right before it leaves, leave building through rear/side exit, get lost in a crowd, enter theater then quickly leave through exit, point out surveillant to the police, use a decoy, set a trap of leaving a note in phone booth/trash can and look to see if someone is reading it, lead surveillant into blind alley or hallway, take last taxi at taxi stand, change clothes
Interrogations/Interviews
- Should you interrogate a suspect before or after you interviewed witnesses?
$2. If a witness is being distracted during an interview, stop ________.
- If you want a suspect to give you a narrative response, ask _______ questions.
- Witnesses who provide out of court statements will have to _________ to what they witnessed if the info is needed for a conviction.
- Do not rely on a Follow-Up investigation to establish ________. Instead, use it to gather Legally Sufficient Evidence and ____________ proof.
- After
- taking notes
- Non-Leading
- testify in court
- Probable Cause. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Interrogations/Interviews
*1. How should you give Miranda to a deaf mute?
$2. A ________ witness should be permitted to talk as much as he likes.
- Is it ok to express opinions regarding politics during an interrogation?
- T or F: When interrogating a suspect try to get him talking a lot.
**5. A NARRATIVE statement by a suspect or supporting deposition should be written in the _____ person pronoun style.
- When questioning a rape victim try to _______ her first.
- What should you look for in an interpreter for an interview?
- T or F: Do not allow a suspect to write out their own confession.
**9. Can a defendant arrested on a Warrant waive Miranda for an incident unrelated to the warrant? What if questioning is related to the crime the Warrant was for?
*10. Is questioning a suspect at gunpoint a custodial interrogation that requires Miranda?
*11. Should a person who states they heard “gunshots” near a robbery scene be interviewed?
- read him his rights like you would anyone, then give him the card to read himself. also have him initial the card.
- unreliable
- no, this may influence the person being questioned
- True
- First
- reassure her (other answers: sympathize with her to calm her down)
- Someone who gives correct translation as well as the Spirit of the interview
- False. It is ok to let them do it.
- Yes. Then no, he has an Absolute Right to Counsel.
- Yes, but a simple statement (like “What’s going on here”?) is ok
- Yes.
Interrogations/Interviews
- To gather info from a witness allow them to give a _____ narrative.
- Before doing a custodial interview or interrogation you must _____.
- Is it a leading question to ask a witness how the suspect left the scene?
**4. What should you do if a witness is nervous and distraught when you go to interview them?
- When taking a statement from a suspect be sure to ask him to ____ details.
- What should you do when interviewing an OVER-TALKATIVE person?
- Should a prisoner who has been given Miranda Warnings and is writing out a full confession, be allowed to include some self serving statements?
- When and how should witnesses be interviewed?
- Is it preferable to take a deposition from a witness? Why?
$**10. Which is the preferable order for location to interview a criminal WITNESS? Stationhouse, scene, other place, home?
*11. What should be done if several witnesses to a serious crime are gathered together on the street?
- complete
- Prepare
- No
- Id them, tell them you will Interview them later, then let them leave
- clarify
- Try to guide then into the desired subject matter of the interview
- Yes, it is not improper.
- Immediately after and then again later at a better setting. Always separately.
- Yes, it can be used to support an accusatory instrument.
- 1.SCENE, 2.Stationhouse, 3.Home, 4.Other place (Prior question said home/place of employment is most preferable)
- Separate them
Interviews/Interrogations
- Review ______ before conducting a custodial interview.
- When conducting an interview make _____ of what is said asap.
*3. What should be done as far as statements, when a suspect confesses to multiple offenses?
- The _____ of an Interpreter is the most important factor to consider.
- What is the best way to ensure that a defendant’s confession will be admitted as evidence?
- What should you do if a declarant wants to make a change in their written statement?
- Supporting statements from impartial witnesses can impact _______.
- The better you are prepared, the easier it will be to conduct an interview/interrogation. You will be able to ____ the interview and save _____.
**9. A dying declaration is an exception to the ________ rule. Can it be verbal? *The purpose of a dying declaration is to find out__________.
*10. Is subterfuge (lying a little) to get a confession ok?
*11. An investigator who takes a statement from a witness must be prepared to _________.
- Information about the case
- notes
- Take a separate statement for each offense
- ABILITY
- Videotape his acknowledgement and waiver of his constitutional rights.
- Have them cross it out, correct, and then initial the change
- credibility
- control, time
- Hearsay, yes. Who did it
- Yes, but don’t be so diligent that you get an innocent person to confess.
- Testify as to what was said
Evidence Recovery
- How should you handle/secure clothing article for blood hound?
- If a bullet passes through a window and then into a wall can you determine its line of flight?
- Can you tell the direction of a glass break?
- When two bullets are fired through glass is it possible to tell which was fired first?
- Which should you do first? Process a firearm for fingerprints or ballistics tests.
- Tool/Tool Marks as Evidence: How should they be preserved? Is it ok to place a tool against a mark to see if it fits? What is a downside of making a cast of a tool mark?
- There have been many stick-ups with the same MO. You respond to the next one and it starts to rain. Should you be more concerned with found fingerprints or cigar ashes?
- What is the Theory of Transfer?
- Grasp bottom of plastic evidence bag and turn in inside-out over your hand, use this hand pick up the item and then use free hand to urn it right-side out over the item without touching it, keep the bag in a safe place and give to dog handler when he arrives
- Yes
- Yes, but do not remove the broken pieces of glass from the window frame.
- Yes. The radial fractures of the second bullet will terminate when they meet the fractures of the first bullet.
- fingerprints
- Photograph and then protect by covering with plastic or paper bag(When possible submit the object or the area containing the tool mark). No. They do not often reproduce fine details.
- Fingerprints
- evidence transfers when objects touch (ex: blood, paint)
Evidence Recovery
- Items of evidence should be ______ before they are touched.
- An entry bullet wound is usually ______ compared to an exit wound. But the size of the ENTRY wound depends on __________.
- An entry bullet wound is larger than the Bullet if ___________________.
- It is important when marking evidence to write ____, ____ and ____.
- What should be done with a bullet that was shot into a door?
*6. How should a damp leather shoe be collected as evidence?
- photographed
- Smaller, Elasticity of the Skin
- (According to O’Hara) If the discharge is close to the skin. The entry wound is smaller than the bullet if the discharge was from further away.
- (According to O’Hara) initials, date, and case number
- submit the entire door, or else cut out the panel of the door the bullet is lodged in and submit it to the lab
- Place it in a STRONG PAPER bag. Do not use plastic.
Evidence Recovery
**1. Which is more reliable; physical evidence or eye witness testimony?
- Is it sometimes ok to pick up fiber evidence with your fingers?
- Why should fiber evidence not be stored inside plastic boxes or polyethylene bags?
- How can Hair and Fiber evidence be photographed.
*5. What should you do if a suspects clothing contains glass particles?
- What if clothing contains plant material?
- The _____ at the scene of a crime is responsible to Secure the Scene.
- What would be the best way to submit trace evidence from an upholstered chair to the lab for analysis.
- As you enter a crime scene you should ______ the entire scene and make a _______ of the conditions you observe.
$10. What are the three types of crime scene search techniques?
- Physical evidence (it cannot lie, be affected by emotions or be impeached)(Physical evidence speaks for itself)
- Yes. When you cant submit the whole item containing the fibers. (Normal procedure is to wrap the item containing fibers in paper or plastic sheeting and submit it to the lab)
- These packages are prone to hold static electricity that makes the fibers difficult to handle
- By using a microscope
- Have the suspect stand on a large sheet of paper and remove their clothing. Mark the paper as evidence, do not shake the clothing or turn pockets/sleeves inside out, allow to dry, and package each item of clothing separately.
- Same procedure as above
- First Officer (Regardless of Rank)
- When possible, submit the entire object by covering it with paper or plastic sheeting
- Survey, Mental Note
- Point to Point, Sector Search, Concentive search
*How to build a plaster cast (Moulage) of a tire print?
1. Remove foreign objects only if ________.
2. Build a ________ about _____ (distance) outside of the impression.
3. Apply ______ to impression
4. Coat the impression with a fine spray of ___________. Do not _________.
5. Cover with plaster, about _____ thick. Do not ________, instead use a ______.
6. Reinforce plaster with _______, etc.
7. Add more plaster until _____ thick
$8. Before plaster sets scratch ____, ____, ____, and ____.
- they appear to have been added after the impression was made
- retaining wall, 2 inches
- Talcum
- fast drying silicone, spray directly into the impression
- 1/2in, pour directly into the impression, deflector
- twigs, wire
- 1 1/2in thick
- initials, shield#, date, and time
Arrests
- Avoid arresting in a ______. This could cause problems if force is necessary. What if you have to?
- Keep an arrestee ______. This will work to your advantage.
- Can a man search a dangerous female prisoner
- Should you make an arrest for obscene material?
- What is one location of a handcuffed person’s body that may require extra effort to search?
*6. Where should the processing of mass arrests take place?
- What is the proper way to handcuff a prisoner?
- If an arrestee waives Miranda at scene take notes on ______.
$9. What should you do if you arrest someone who you think may be an illegal alien?
- Crowd. Then get the defendant away from the scene quickly to reduce the possibility of interference.
- Calm
- Yes
- No. Contact the DA first. (A judge or DA must view the material before making an arrest.
- the armpits
- Far away from the area on unrest, at the outskirts of your jurisdiction, in an isolated location. Where there is no direct public transportation.
- Both hands behind back with palms facing out
- How Miranda was obtained
- Follow normal procedures (i.e. take to court on the charge) and notify the Feds.
Arrests
*1. When an arrest is made in someone’s house NEVER ___________
**2. Why should you double lock an arrestee’s handcuffs?
*3. What is the First thing you should do if you plan to make an arrest at a hotel or apartment?
- What is the primary purpose of handcuffs?
- Form a good arrest _____.
- What are the three characteristics of a good arrest?
*7. If an arrest is made on probable cause but the probable cause then fails (you have the wrong guy) what should you do?
- If two officers are transporting more than one prisoner where should everyone sit?
- allow the arrestee to leave your presence. (Even if you have searched them)
- To prevent injury to the prisoner (Another answer is “for their comfort”*More Recent??)
- Verify the room location with the manager
- To temporarily restrain a suspect
5 Arrest Plan
- Surprise, simplicity, and speed
- Release him immediately
8 The officers sit up front with the prisoners in the back.
Robberies and Alarms
*1. In a bank robbery should the suspect be allowed to leave before confronting them? Why?
- What should you do if upon arrival you see the robbers leaving the store with weapons visible? Should you stop them or let them drive away then follow?
- If you get an alarm at a bank when should you enter the location?
- What is the First Step for Desk Officer when he receives a Robbery complaint?
*5. What is the first step for supervisor who arrives on scene for a robber who has shot someone and escaped?
- Robberies are frequently committed by persons ____ (age).
**7. Off duty officer is in bank and sees a robbery. He follows the bad guy who enters a residence, then abandons property in the garbage. Do you need a warrant to enter the residence? What about to get seize the abandoned property?
- What should be done if there is a recent increase in robberies at ATMs?
- If a series of robberies with similar circumstances, collection of ________ evidence could be valuable.
- Yes, less chance of a hostage situation
- Stop them
- Do not enter until certain the alarm is false or the bad guys have left.
- broadcast an alert containing available details
- have information broadcast to all units
- under 25
- Yes (No consent or exigent circumstances). No warrant needed. (In general off duty officers should call police, follow, and allow uniforms to make the arrest)
- Surveillance equipment should be installed. Another answer is that ATMs should be in a well-lit area with high traffic and restricted hours of operation.
- fingerprint
Robberies
*1. At a robbery scene what should be done if injured persons have been cared for and witnesses are bunched together?
- What can you conclude if all robberies involve hole punched in a wall at the same part of the store?
- First officer on scene of a bank robbery should take a position where he can see ______.
- If you arrive at the scene of a robbery in progress and a witness tells you that the robber just left, you should attempt to determine ____________.
*5. If the VICTIM of a robbery is upset and want to know why the police aren’t doing anything, tell the WITNESS __________.
- What do you need to know in order to do a robbery stakeout?
- Separate the witnesses
- The robbers are looking for something in the wall
- both the front and rear exits
- How the robber left the scene
- how important it is for them to assist right now.
- The next potential robbery target
**Bio-Sensor Dogs*
$1. All NYS Police Bio-Sensor dog handlers are trained in ____, ____, and ____.
*2. Use Bio-Sensor dogs for ____________.
- Are Bio-Sensor Dogs good for guarding prisoners?
- In general are canines good for searching. Crowd control?
- Does freezing water or snow have a negative impact on a dogs sense of smell?
- Mountain rescue, tracking, handling of explosives
- All Searches (including buildings and Persons (Lost, dead, escaped, or wanted), but doesn’t mention evidence), crowd control, detect explosives or drugs, protect officials and celebrities, and assist with surveillance operations.
- No
- Yes. No.
- No
Building Searches
- What should you do if come across an un-secured building at night, and you know the owner frequently forgets to lock it?
- What should be done to doors when searching a building for a burglar? Why? Also, DO Not ______ yourself in the doorway and stay against ______.
- In a building search for a Wanted bad guy should you start at the top or bottom of the building?
- When officers have already started conducting a building search, what should other officers who respond do?
- What should be done during a search once a subject has been located?
- Treat it as a problem and request back up before going inside.
- Push them open as far as they will go. Someone may be hiding behind them. Silhouette, walls
- Top
- Do not enter to search unless its coordinated with those already in the building
- Continue searching for other subjects
Raids
- What should be your FIRST action when preparing for a raid?
- Before the raid meet with ______and describe ______. Give _______ assignments to each detail member.
- When planning for the raid, all officers should be given a ______ of the suspect, and a _____.
$4. Assign specific officers for various parts of the raid, which would include: ________x4
- When is a critique of the raid done
- As a boss, when executing a search warrant consider ________.
- Which of the following is LEAST important to know when planning a raid? A) the exits/entrances, B)number of suspects, C) How much evidence will be collected, or D) the crimes involved?
$7. What should you do if there will be limited time to conduct a search?
- If during the investigation it becomes apparent a raid is necessary of a particular residence, obtain a _______, and make sure application requests _____________________.
- Make sure you have all the necessary information
- ALL Detail Members, the entire plan, specific assignments
- Description, raid plan
- Search and Detain prisoners
Search premise for weapons and physical evidence
Take photos as required
Transfer prisoners and evidence - After all reports are submitted and all special equipment is accounted for
- the hazards to your subordinates
- C How much evidence will be collected
- Give this info to the specific members delegated to do the search
- search warrant, requests that persons, vehicles, and grounds of residence be included in the search.