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Types of surfaces for latent prints? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Nonporous and
porous
What is the most common surface processed on the street level? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - Non-porous
What type of powder do we use at the street level? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Black powder
chain of custody - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - a written record of all people who
have had possession of an item of evidence
CHASE A POV (warrantless searches) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Consent, Hot
pursuit, Admin, Search incident to arrest, Exigent circumstance, Abandon
property, Plain view, Open field, Vehicle
D- SWAB (warrantless arrest) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Destruction of property
and DWI, Shoplifting, Weapon on school property, Assault, Brandishing a firearm
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,Terry v. Ohio - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Police can search and seize with probable
cause, the middle ground between voluntary conversation
Resources available to assist in the investigation of suspicious activity? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - Terrorist Screening Center, Virginia Fusion Center
Ways to make contact with a citizen? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Consent,
investigative and arrest
Suspicious Activity - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - anything that seems even slightly
out of the ordinary for the time of day may signal criminal activity. Any that seems
out of the ordinary for a location, time of day, circumstances of an event... based
on the officer's knowledge, training and experience.
What is the preferred area for a taser deployment? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - the
back area
Contact officer role - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Initiates ALL activity (frisks,
searches, etc.) & dialogue with suspects, witnesses, & victims.
Conducts interviews with all involved parties.
Takes notes.
Conducts radio transmissions (be aware of comments that suspect may hear)
Initiates arrest procedures.
Cover officer role - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - discourages hostile acts by suspects,
alerts of officer of any attempts to hide, discard or destroy any evidence, resists
distraction, handles routine radio traffic, intervenes with force if necessary
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,Management characteristics of NIMS? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Chain of
command and unity of command, unified command, and dispatch and
deployment
Deployment length of OC? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 3-6 feet
Oleoresin Capsicum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Oil and resin extracted from
capsicum
Why do we restrain? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - arrestee safety precautions,
protect from possible inquires, possible attempts to injurie others
Where are leg restraints prohibited? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - commercial
aircraft
What are the conflict resolution techniques for a civil dispute ? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - Mediation, negotiation, and arbitration
What is mediation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - officer acts as a go between with
the aim of helping the disputants to arrive at their own solution
What is negotiation? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Confer, discuss each parties side
or bargain to reach an agreement
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, What is a civil dispute? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - is a legal disagreement between
two or more principle individuals or organizations
What is arbitration? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - As a neutral third party, officers
hear both sides of the dispute and imposes a resolution
What are the preventative patrol methods? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Aggressive
enforcement, high visibility, business checks, crowd dispersal, subject stops, and
know your area and the people
What is the most used patrol pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Random.sporadic
Why do you want to secure you vehicle? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Prevent the
cruiser from hurting someone or suspect could double back and use it
Factors that affect the usefulness of information? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Timeliness and validity of information
What is the safe approach? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - approach in a non-aligned
manner, stop, look, and listen-assess the situation, communicate with your
partner, knock and announce
The OC chemical attack will affect what areas? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Eyes,
skin and mucus membranes
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