TCOLE BASIC JAILER COURSE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] -correct
Answer -is a state regulatory agency for local law
enforcement and county corrections systems within the
state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] -correct
Answer -is the regulatory agency for all county jails and
privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code -correct Answer -is the statutory
authority for the Commission to establish rules that law
enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics -correct Answer -the discipline dealing with what is
good and bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission -correct Answer -was created in
1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to,
among other things, the standards of conduct of state
officers and employees
Jail Climate -correct Answer -the prevailing behavioral
atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing
games with staff
,Stress -correct Answer -a body condition that may occur
when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication -correct Answer -the ability to effectively
and accurately transfer ideas and information
Attitude -correct Answer -is an organized and relatively
unchanging combination of personal knowledge and
feelings about someone or something that influences
him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person
or thing
Race -correct Answer -generally refers to groups of
people with common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity -correct Answer -refers to shared culture and
background
Ethnocentrism -correct Answer -is "the act of regarding
one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence as
the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice -correct Answer -is an adverse judgement or
opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or
examination of the facts
Culture -correct Answer -a way of thinking and acting
based on tradition
,Discrimination -correct Answer -acting on the basis if
prejudice
Sexual Harassment -correct Answer -is deliberate or
repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not
asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or
gender based behavior
Booking -correct Answer -recording of certain information
relating to the inmate during the admissions process
Detainer -correct Answer -a report from that documents an
agency's authority to retain a person in custody pending a
fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment -correct Answer -an order signed by
magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail
the person so committed
Warrant -correct Answer -a written order from magistrate,
dies red to a peace officer or some other person
specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a
person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to
law
Capias -correct Answer -is a wait issued by the court or
clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of
Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an
, offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on
a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment -correct Answer -is a writ issued by a
clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the
foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or
proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace
officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before
court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or
forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the
defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant -correct Answer -when a compelling
is made to a magistrate that any person within his
jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he
shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to
apprehend and bring the accused before him
Search -correct Answer -the examination of persons or
property with the intention of finding evidence ot in plain
sight
Contraband -correct Answer -is considered to be any item,
matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or agency
directives
Strip Search -correct Answer -when facility personnel
reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should
undergo a through strip search for weapons and
contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of
safety of thr facility
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2026
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] -correct
Answer -is a state regulatory agency for local law
enforcement and county corrections systems within the
state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] -correct
Answer -is the regulatory agency for all county jails and
privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code -correct Answer -is the statutory
authority for the Commission to establish rules that law
enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics -correct Answer -the discipline dealing with what is
good and bad with moral duty and obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission -correct Answer -was created in
1992 to administer and enforce provisions relating to,
among other things, the standards of conduct of state
officers and employees
Jail Climate -correct Answer -the prevailing behavioral
atmosphere throughout the jail facility; inmate playing
games with staff
,Stress -correct Answer -a body condition that may occur
when a person faces a threatening or unfamiliar situation
Communication -correct Answer -the ability to effectively
and accurately transfer ideas and information
Attitude -correct Answer -is an organized and relatively
unchanging combination of personal knowledge and
feelings about someone or something that influences
him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person
or thing
Race -correct Answer -generally refers to groups of
people with common ancestry and physical characteristics
Ethnicity -correct Answer -refers to shared culture and
background
Ethnocentrism -correct Answer -is "the act of regarding
one's culture as the center of the universe, and hence as
the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice -correct Answer -is an adverse judgement or
opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of or
examination of the facts
Culture -correct Answer -a way of thinking and acting
based on tradition
,Discrimination -correct Answer -acting on the basis if
prejudice
Sexual Harassment -correct Answer -is deliberate or
repeated sexual based behavior that is not welcome, not
asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or
gender based behavior
Booking -correct Answer -recording of certain information
relating to the inmate during the admissions process
Detainer -correct Answer -a report from that documents an
agency's authority to retain a person in custody pending a
fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment -correct Answer -an order signed by
magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and place in jail
the person so committed
Warrant -correct Answer -a written order from magistrate,
dies red to a peace officer or some other person
specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a
person accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to
law
Capias -correct Answer -is a wait issued by the court or
clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of the State of
Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an
, offense and bring him before that court immediately, or on
a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment -correct Answer -is a writ issued by a
clerk of a court under seal, or by any magistrate, or by the
foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or
proceeding authorized by law, commanding some peace
officer to take the body of a witness and bring him before
court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or
forthwith, to testify in behalf of the State or of the
defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant -correct Answer -when a compelling
is made to a magistrate that any person within his
jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he
shall issue a warrant of arrest directing peace officer to
apprehend and bring the accused before him
Search -correct Answer -the examination of persons or
property with the intention of finding evidence ot in plain
sight
Contraband -correct Answer -is considered to be any item,
matrrisk, or substance that is prohibited by law or agency
directives
Strip Search -correct Answer -when facility personnel
reasonably believe it to be necessary, inmates should
undergo a through strip search for weapons and
contraband thsy may pose a threat to the security of
safety of thr facility
