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)