Progressive Exam 1

Question 1

Name (3) street names for cannabis.

Answer 1

Weed, marijuana, dope, grass, green, hooch

Question 2

Name (4) symptoms of methamphetamine

Answer 2

Skin sores/bugs, irritable/aggressive, hyperactive, very thin

Question 3

What is the difference between licit and illicit drugs? Give examples

Answer 3

Licit drugs are legally prescribed controlled substances such as diazepam, morphine, codeine, ketamine

Illicit drugs are illegal substances such as cannabis, meth, MDMA, cocaine

Question 4

What is prescribed belief?

Answer 4

‘1 found 2 grounds’

Prescribed belief - reasonable belief (at the time) that a controlled substance or other thing in relation to which an offence under this act has been committed is -

A) in the possession of a person in any place;
B) on or in a conveyance in any place; or
C) on an animal in any place

Question 5

What is a significant relationship?

Answer 5

Married

A significant relationship, between 2 adult persons - who are a couple, but are not married or related

FV act also included parties who are ages 16-18 (one or both)

Question 6

Name (5) things to determine significance

Answer 6

Relationship act 2003, section 4 (3)

Duration of relationship

Nature/extent/common residence

Sexual relationship

Degree of financial dependance/independence

Ownership, use or acquisition of property

Care/support of children (always yes if it’s a child)

Question 7

Name (5) points re pro-intervention policy

Answer 7

• Prompt action (immediate dispatch to job)
• Provide immediate protection victims and children
• Timely/thorough investigations
• Identify other linked offences
• Gather evidence
• Government support services, call on victims behalf
• Arrest/summons
• Prosecute offenders

Question 8

What is a family argument?

Answer 8

A dispute between 2 persons, in a family relationship, where violence as defined in section 7 of the Family Violence Act 2004 has not and is not likely to be committed

A family argument is a non-violent, non-abusive, non-criminal dispute characterized by the absence of controlling and coercive behavior and therefore attending members identify no issues of physical risk and safety

Question 9

Name some points for correct use of police notebooks

Answer 9

Primarily for record/evidence
It is an official police document
It needs to be kept for 10 years
If you need to correct something, put a line through it and initial
If it is particularly important, have it cosigned

Question 10

What does the acronym ICENCIR stand for? Explain

Answer 10

Isolate (evacuate, determine extent of scene, who you need, what needs to be closed off)

Contain (running sheets of what happened/when/observations, etc.)

Evacuate (remove risk of safety or destruction/containment of evidence)

Negotiate (negotiate with many parties, civilians, suspects, team)

Conclude (experts in if required - forensics etc)

Investigate (gather evidence, find perp)

Rehabilitate (clean up, foot patrol, witness visits etc.)

Question 11

What are the (3) key principles of restorative justice?

Answer 11

1. Allows victims to face offender and explain how the offence affected them
2. Gives effected parties a say in an “apology and repair” process (unlike court)
3. Provides different levels of intervention

Question 12

What does youth mean according to the Youth Justice Act 1997?

Answer 12

‘Youth’ means a person who is 10 or more years old but less than 18 years old at the time when the offence the person has committed, or is suspected of having committed, occurred

Question 13

How to report a crime involving a youth?

Answer 13

CSS referral in ATLAS (If urgent, call RDS and have it reported to communities immediately

Question 14

What are (4) reasons to arrest a youth?

Answer 14

A police officer may only arrest a youth in relation to an offence if the arresting officer believes the offence is serious enough to warrant an arrest and also believes, on reasonable grounds, that -

A) the arrest is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence

B) the arrest is necessary to facilitate the making of a PFVO, the application of FVO or RO

C) the arrest is necessary to prevent concealment, loss or destruction if evidence relating to the offence; or

D) the youth is unlikely to appear before the court in response to a complaint and sunmons

Question 15

What are the duties of a Police Officer where youth is arrested?

Answer 15

Inform right to refuse to answer questions. Caution as per standard requirements

Ask them to repeat what it means or ask their guardian if they are satisfied that the youth understands.

Ensure that as soon as practicable, the youth’s guardian is notified of the arrest

Question 16

What is the definition of a public place?

Answer 16

Public place shall mean any place to which, at the relevant time, the public have access, whether on payment of admission thereto or otherwise

Question 17

What is an offence vs crime?

Answer 17

Offence - any breach of the law for which a person may be punished summarily. Heard before a magistrate in the court of petty sessions

Crime - an offence punishable upon indictment heard before a judge and jury in a supreme court

Question 18

Define reasonable grounds

Answer 18

The standard test applied by courts is - “would a reasonable person have formed that belief having regard to all the circumstances”

A state of mind a reasonable person comes to taking into all the facts and circumstances presented to them.

Question 19

Define found offending

Answer 19

A person is said to be ‘found offending’ if he does any act, or makes any omission, or conducts or behaves himself, and thereby causes a person who finds him reasonable grounds for believing he has, in respect of such act, omission, or conduct, committed an offence against this act

Question 20

Define public street

Answer 20

Means any street, road, lane, thoroughfare, footpath, bridge or place open to use by the public, or to which the public have or are permitted to have access, whether on payment of a fee or otherwise