TCIC 2026 EOC EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔How many states currently participate in NCIC III? - ✔✔50
✔✔Texas Government Code: 411.083 - ✔✔Allow the DPS Crime Records Service to
disseminate criminal history information to the person who is the subject of the criminal
history record information
✔✔Agencies receiving such requests from citizens should direct them to the Crime
Records Service Criminal History Inquiry Unit. - ✔✔YES
✔✔Can NCIC III data be used for any licensing purpose? - ✔✔No
✔✔DPS allows the use of wireless transmissions as long as a firewall has been
established to allow this information to be securely transmitted to MDT's, laptops, or
other devices. - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Criminal History's can be sent to pagers? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Wanted Person's hits coded as "NOEX" in the MIS filed (or EXL/4) - ✔✔Indicates
the entering agency is not willing to extradite outside their state.
✔✔APD Policy for Stop Stick in Lexipol is what? - ✔✔214.6.2
✔✔What does TDD stand for? - ✔✔Tire Deflation Device
✔✔What are the features of Stop Stick? - ✔✔1 stop stick measures 3 feet long and
weighs about 1.1 pound, contains 36 steel quills and 72 spike tips
✔✔How many ft does the stop stick cord reel out to? - ✔✔80 ft with one mounting tray
in vehicle
✔✔What is stop stick and how is it used? - ✔✔Stop Stick is a Pursuit Control Device
that is designed to deflate the tires in a controlled release of air and should deflate
within 20-30 seconds
✔✔If the scene is unsafe when deploying stop stick what should you do? - ✔✔Abort
and never run out into the road to recover stop stick
✔✔What are examples of when not to deploy stop stick: - ✔✔When pedestrians are in
the immediate vicinity or on vehicles with FEWER than 4 wheels (motorcycles/ATV's)
, ✔✔You should always use extreme caution with stop stick: - ✔✔When dealing with
excessive speeds & when suspect is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
✔✔At all cost avoid deploying Stop Stick on what? - ✔✔Wet Surface's, Gravel, & Loose
Pavement.
✔✔You want to deploy S.S. in a location that - ✔✔Gives the suspect limited or no ability
to avoid striking the device
✔✔When using Stop stick how far should you position yourself? - ✔✔20-30 feet away
from the road way with an escape route away from the road.
✔✔When should you pull stop stick into the roadway of the oncoming vehicle? -
✔✔When vehicle is about 3-5 seconds away.
✔✔What is the process for "used" stop sticks that have been struck? - ✔✔Turn them in
to PCO and get a new set. Deploy your new set to make sure they work properly before
putting them into your car, and in some cases you may need to turn them in as
evidence (e.g., fatality)
✔✔Officers are trained to deploy stop stick within - ✔✔30 second
✔✔What does FR stand for? - ✔✔First Response
✔✔Why were less lethal munitions developed? - ✔✔To give police, corrections,
security, and military force's a less lethal option.
✔✔Specialty Impact Munitions - ✔✔Have a tremendous mental effect on an individual.
✔✔What is the first element of a physical encounter? - ✔✔Observation
✔✔Shots to where on the body provides you with the highest probability of causing
immediate incapacitation? - ✔✔Shots to center mass
✔✔Maximum effective range for the DS-23 (LL S gun)? - ✔✔75 ft
✔✔What does D.I.C.R.A. stand for? - ✔✔Death In Custody Reporting Act
✔✔Who described patients dying from similar symptoms in 1849 from excited delirium
and can be found in medical literature early as 1881 and popularized in the 1980's? -
✔✔Dr. Luther Bell
GRADED A+
✔✔How many states currently participate in NCIC III? - ✔✔50
✔✔Texas Government Code: 411.083 - ✔✔Allow the DPS Crime Records Service to
disseminate criminal history information to the person who is the subject of the criminal
history record information
✔✔Agencies receiving such requests from citizens should direct them to the Crime
Records Service Criminal History Inquiry Unit. - ✔✔YES
✔✔Can NCIC III data be used for any licensing purpose? - ✔✔No
✔✔DPS allows the use of wireless transmissions as long as a firewall has been
established to allow this information to be securely transmitted to MDT's, laptops, or
other devices. - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Criminal History's can be sent to pagers? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Wanted Person's hits coded as "NOEX" in the MIS filed (or EXL/4) - ✔✔Indicates
the entering agency is not willing to extradite outside their state.
✔✔APD Policy for Stop Stick in Lexipol is what? - ✔✔214.6.2
✔✔What does TDD stand for? - ✔✔Tire Deflation Device
✔✔What are the features of Stop Stick? - ✔✔1 stop stick measures 3 feet long and
weighs about 1.1 pound, contains 36 steel quills and 72 spike tips
✔✔How many ft does the stop stick cord reel out to? - ✔✔80 ft with one mounting tray
in vehicle
✔✔What is stop stick and how is it used? - ✔✔Stop Stick is a Pursuit Control Device
that is designed to deflate the tires in a controlled release of air and should deflate
within 20-30 seconds
✔✔If the scene is unsafe when deploying stop stick what should you do? - ✔✔Abort
and never run out into the road to recover stop stick
✔✔What are examples of when not to deploy stop stick: - ✔✔When pedestrians are in
the immediate vicinity or on vehicles with FEWER than 4 wheels (motorcycles/ATV's)
, ✔✔You should always use extreme caution with stop stick: - ✔✔When dealing with
excessive speeds & when suspect is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
✔✔At all cost avoid deploying Stop Stick on what? - ✔✔Wet Surface's, Gravel, & Loose
Pavement.
✔✔You want to deploy S.S. in a location that - ✔✔Gives the suspect limited or no ability
to avoid striking the device
✔✔When using Stop stick how far should you position yourself? - ✔✔20-30 feet away
from the road way with an escape route away from the road.
✔✔When should you pull stop stick into the roadway of the oncoming vehicle? -
✔✔When vehicle is about 3-5 seconds away.
✔✔What is the process for "used" stop sticks that have been struck? - ✔✔Turn them in
to PCO and get a new set. Deploy your new set to make sure they work properly before
putting them into your car, and in some cases you may need to turn them in as
evidence (e.g., fatality)
✔✔Officers are trained to deploy stop stick within - ✔✔30 second
✔✔What does FR stand for? - ✔✔First Response
✔✔Why were less lethal munitions developed? - ✔✔To give police, corrections,
security, and military force's a less lethal option.
✔✔Specialty Impact Munitions - ✔✔Have a tremendous mental effect on an individual.
✔✔What is the first element of a physical encounter? - ✔✔Observation
✔✔Shots to where on the body provides you with the highest probability of causing
immediate incapacitation? - ✔✔Shots to center mass
✔✔Maximum effective range for the DS-23 (LL S gun)? - ✔✔75 ft
✔✔What does D.I.C.R.A. stand for? - ✔✔Death In Custody Reporting Act
✔✔Who described patients dying from similar symptoms in 1849 from excited delirium
and can be found in medical literature early as 1881 and popularized in the 1980's? -
✔✔Dr. Luther Bell
