Police Incidents/Encounters Flashcards
(46 cards)
Labor problems at site where construction company is doing work under municipal contract. You are CO, and should tell the owner the following regarding site security;
site security is HIS job and your officers will respond if summoned to keep the peace.
Police should assist possible “bomb targets” to develop
bomb alert plans to be used if and when a threat occurs.
Debrief first officers to arrive at
hostage scene
Easiest hostage taker to deal with is
felon interrupted during robbery.
If bad guy says “I don’t want to talk anymore; I’m goin to kill this guy”, then you should
keep trying to get him to talk
When on duty at strike, you should
face the strikers and don’t use hand signals to direct traffic into building on strike.
Communications Captain driving past a street emergency where a Lt is in charge should
stop and take charge. *Chief is only one that should not respond to every emergency.
Abortion clinic picketing is an exercise of
First Amendment. Just because cops are shorthanded, doesn’t mean you can prevent the picketing.
Sending trauma counselor and cop to interview rape victim
is good to help victim deal with trauma
At family dispute, you should
initiate actions that contribute to resolution of problem
If, while driving a police vehicle, you hear what sounds like shots and something hitting the rear of the vehicle, you should
drive away from the immediate area
Successful detective candidates will have the ability to
obtain information from witnesses and suspects to solve crime (interviewing and interrogating)
Unknown rapist with vague height description. Possible suspect is detained, if you have no further evidence to go on, then you should
identify him and release him. NO LINE-UP, NO SHOW-UP, NO PHOTO-ARRAY. **This is an apples, pears, peaches, screwdriver situation.
If community leaders are upset because of unsolved rape, you should
let community know what’s going on with the investigation if it doesn’t interfere with the investigation
Well-conducted SOBRIETY checkpoints are
Effective.
General CRIMINAL DETECTION check points are
NOT ALLOWED
The PRIMARY police responsibility at the scene of a fire is
crowd and traffic control
When roads ice up during your tour, you should
notify headquarters that the condition of the roads is deteriorating - In deep snow you should put on chains
Regarding crime scene sketch, indicate the following:
North, Scale, Date, Time, and other items.
In regards to crime scene sketch labels with number and letter labels, you should
use numbers for evidence and letters for non-evidence.
Regarding mass arrests at demonstration, process arrests at a
location away from scene where public transportation can’t be used to get back to demonstration
Police at demonstration should
be careful to safeguard their firearms
If an arrested person has been searched and later at station house, has a knife, you, as a boss, should
find out if the patrol car was searched before being used to transport the prisoner
Since a defendant’s appearance may change from time of arrest to trial, the arresting officer should
view the defendant before trial
