BLEA 825 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Events trigger officer to be sued - ✔✔Excessive force
Bad driving
Break down wrong door
Arrest wrong person
Arrest without Probable Cause
K9 dog bites
Harassment
✔✔Events trigger departments to be sued - ✔✔Negligent Hiring
Negligent retention
Fail to train
Improper training
Fail to supervise
Condone sex/racial harassment
Fail to treat equal
✔✔Think before act what? - ✔✔Reasonable
Legal
Ethical
With dept policy
✔✔1 amendment - ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
✔✔2 amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔3 amendment - ✔✔No quartering of troops
✔✔4 amendment - ✔✔Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
✔✔5 amendment - ✔✔double jeopardy, self incrimination, due process
✔✔6 amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy and public trial
✔✔7 amendment - ✔✔Right to trial by jury
✔✔8 amendment - ✔✔No excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment
✔✔9 amendment - ✔✔Protects people's rights that are not listed in the Constitution.
✔✔10 amendment - ✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
, ✔✔14 amendment - ✔✔all legal citizens have the equal protection from the law
✔✔Appeal facts vs law - ✔✔Facts - jury was wrong / not permissible
Law - only valid grounds for appeal
✔✔3 Fed Courts - ✔✔District
Court of Appeals
Supreme
✔✔LEO approach to investigations - ✔✔Evidence does not lie
✔✔Info vs evidence - ✔✔Info - finding a suspect
Evidence- convicts a suspect
✔✔Some Physical Evidence Class Characteristics - ✔✔No single source
Fibers
Blood type
Paint
Hair
Soil
✔✔Some Physical Evidence Individual Characteristics - ✔✔Fingerprints
Bite marks
Hand writing
DNA
✔✔Ethics in Traffic Law Enforcement - ✔✔Perceptions
Professionalism
Fairness
✔✔ Patrol Objectives - ✔✔1) Protect and Serve
2) Crime Prevent
3) Preserve the Peace
4) Enforce all Laws
5) Arrest
✔✔RCW for Traffic Enforcement - ✔✔RCW 46.61
✔✔6 Sources of Crime Procedure - ✔✔1) Constitutional Doc
2) RCW
3) WA State Court Rules
4) Court Ruling from Fed / State Rules
5) Agency Policies
6) Common law
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Events trigger officer to be sued - ✔✔Excessive force
Bad driving
Break down wrong door
Arrest wrong person
Arrest without Probable Cause
K9 dog bites
Harassment
✔✔Events trigger departments to be sued - ✔✔Negligent Hiring
Negligent retention
Fail to train
Improper training
Fail to supervise
Condone sex/racial harassment
Fail to treat equal
✔✔Think before act what? - ✔✔Reasonable
Legal
Ethical
With dept policy
✔✔1 amendment - ✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
✔✔2 amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔3 amendment - ✔✔No quartering of troops
✔✔4 amendment - ✔✔Protects against unreasonable search and seizure
✔✔5 amendment - ✔✔double jeopardy, self incrimination, due process
✔✔6 amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy and public trial
✔✔7 amendment - ✔✔Right to trial by jury
✔✔8 amendment - ✔✔No excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment
✔✔9 amendment - ✔✔Protects people's rights that are not listed in the Constitution.
✔✔10 amendment - ✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
, ✔✔14 amendment - ✔✔all legal citizens have the equal protection from the law
✔✔Appeal facts vs law - ✔✔Facts - jury was wrong / not permissible
Law - only valid grounds for appeal
✔✔3 Fed Courts - ✔✔District
Court of Appeals
Supreme
✔✔LEO approach to investigations - ✔✔Evidence does not lie
✔✔Info vs evidence - ✔✔Info - finding a suspect
Evidence- convicts a suspect
✔✔Some Physical Evidence Class Characteristics - ✔✔No single source
Fibers
Blood type
Paint
Hair
Soil
✔✔Some Physical Evidence Individual Characteristics - ✔✔Fingerprints
Bite marks
Hand writing
DNA
✔✔Ethics in Traffic Law Enforcement - ✔✔Perceptions
Professionalism
Fairness
✔✔ Patrol Objectives - ✔✔1) Protect and Serve
2) Crime Prevent
3) Preserve the Peace
4) Enforce all Laws
5) Arrest
✔✔RCW for Traffic Enforcement - ✔✔RCW 46.61
✔✔6 Sources of Crime Procedure - ✔✔1) Constitutional Doc
2) RCW
3) WA State Court Rules
4) Court Ruling from Fed / State Rules
5) Agency Policies
6) Common law
