POBR- Public Safety Officer Bill of Rights

Question 1

Except as otherwise provided by law, or whenever on duty or in uniform, no public safety officer shall be prohibited from engaging, or be coerced or required to engage, in _____ ______.

Answer 1

political activity

Question 2

The interrogation shall be conducted at a _______ hour, preferably at a time when the public safety officer is on duty, or during the normal waking hours for the public safety officer, unless the seriousness of the investigation requires otherwise. If the interrogation does occur during off-duty time of the public safety officer being interrogated, the public safety officer ____ be compensated for any off-duty time in accordance with regular department procedures, and the public safety officer ____ not be released from employment for any work missed

Answer 2

reasonable, shall,shall

Question 3

The public safety officer under investigation shall be informed prior to the interrogation of the rank, name, and command of the officer in charge of the interrogation, the interrogating officers, and all other persons to be present during the interrogation. All questions directed to the public safety officer under interrogation shall be asked by and through no more than ____interrogators at one time.

Answer 3

two

Question 4

The public safety officer under investigation____ be informed of the nature of the investigation prior to any interrogation.

Answer 4

shall

Question 5

The interrogating session shall be for a reasonable period taking into consideration gravity and complexity of the issue being investigated. The person under interrogation_____ be allowed to attend to his or her own personal physical necessities.

Answer 5

shall

Question 6

The public safety officer being interrogated____ have the right to bring his or her own recording device and record any and____ aspects of the interrogation

Answer 6

shall, all

Question 7

If prior to or during the interrogation of a public safety officer it is deemed that he or she may be charged with a criminal offense, he or she shall be immediately informed of his or her _____ ______.

Answer 7

constitutional rights

Question 8

The representative ___ _____ _____ required to disclose, nor be subject to any punitive action for refusing to disclose, any information received from the officer under investigation for noncriminal matters

Answer 8

shall not be