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Contamination or alteration by responding medical personnel at a crime scene can be limited if an || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
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A. Moves the victims for better access
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B. Guides the medical personnel to the victims
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C. Administers all medical care themselves
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D. Makes sure the medical personnel clean up - ✔✔B. Guides the medical personnel to the
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victims
An officer is assisting the Crime Scene Investigator to collect measurements at a crime scene. The
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Crime Scene Investigator states an article of evidence is 126 inches from a fixed point in the
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crime scene. What is the measurement of the article of evidence from the fixed point in feet?
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A. 10 feet 5 inches
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B. 10 feet 6 inches
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C. 12 feet 5 inches
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D. 12 feet 6 inches - ✔✔B. 10 feet 6 inches
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Which search pattern involves an investigator starting at a point on the outside of a search area
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and slowly walking circles towards the center of the area?
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A. spiral
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B. zone
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C. grid
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D. line - ✔✔A. spiral
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When using deadly force, the officer should consider opportunity, ability, and___
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A. Ethnicity
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B. Location
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C. Jeopardy
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D. Gender - ✔✔C. Jeopardy
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Which U.S. Supreme Court Case applied the "objective reasonableness" standard to all police use
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of force?
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A. Terry v. Ohio
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B. Davis v. U.S.
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C. Miranda v. Arizona
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D. Graham v. Connor - ✔✔D. Graham v. Connor
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What U.S. Supreme Court case set the precedent for using deadly force?
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A. Graham v. Connor
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B. Terry v. Ohio
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C. Miranda v. Arizona
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D. Tennessee v. Garner - ✔✔D. Tennessee v. Garner
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Which weapon is immediately considered deadly force when used by a law enforcement officer?
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A. baton
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B. stun gun
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C. firearm
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D. pepper spray - ✔✔C. firearm
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Carroll v. United States is the landmark case that
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A. requires a suspect to be notified of constitutional rights before questioning
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B. allows an officer to search a vehicle without a warrant based on probable cause
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C. further solidified an individual's right to have an attorney present before questioning
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D. based on reasonable suspicion gives officers the authority to do a pat down search for weapons
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- ✔✔B. allows an officer to search a vehicle without a warrant based on probable cause
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Which of the following is justification for a warrantless search?
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A. exigent circumstances
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B. reasonable fear
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C. investigation detention
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D. preemptory search - ✔✔A. exigent circumstances
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The legal term for a civil wrongful act or an infringement of a right is
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A. crime
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B. misdemeanor
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C. violation
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D. tort - ✔✔D. tort
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What type of warrant must be limited to the specific area and items described in the warrant?
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A. search
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B. arrest
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C. administrative
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D. consent - ✔✔A. search
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When offering testimony in court, an officer should direct their responses toward the
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A. plaintiff
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B. audience
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C. criminal defendant
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D. judge or jury - ✔✔D. judge or jury
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