TLETA POST FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who is the father of modern day policing? - ✔✔Sir Robert Peel
*metropolitan police act 1829 - copied in america in 1849 in New York with Law of
Police Reform and started full time salaried and uniform police
✔✔Who was the first private security company? - ✔✔Wells n' Fargo (stagecoach time
to protect railroad, gold and silver... also remember Allen Pinkerton)
✔✔Who is Lola Baldwin? - ✔✔first uniformed female police officer in 1908 in Portland,
Oregon
✔✔What is COPS? - ✔✔Community Oriented Policing System
✔✔What is needed in a warrant of arrest? - ✔✔40-6-201 "Warrant of arrest"
order, in writing, stating the substance of the complaint, directed to a proper officer,
signed by a magistrate and commanding the arrest of the defendant
✔✔What is needed for an arrest in violation of an OOP? - ✔✔1. officer has to have
jurisdiction where the violation occurred
2. reasonable cause respondent violated or is in violation of the OOP
3. verified the order exists
*no ex parte order can be enforced by arrest unless the respondent has been served.
✔✔Who are subject to arrest? - ✔✔all persons
*congress/legislators are immune from civil arrest but not criminal
*diplomats and foreign ministers and ambassadors can have immunity
✔✔When to use a citation instead of arrest? - ✔✔Officer shall write ticket for misd.
committed in presence unless:
1. serving warrant
2. dui - unless hospitalized for over 3 hours
3. may write ticket for: shoplifting, bad checks, revoked/suspended DL, assault/battery,
prostitution
*arrest if high likelihood of more offenses will be committed or good cause person will
not show up to court
✔✔When to arrest and not issue a citation? - ✔✔1. person injured and unable to care
for themself
2. crime will continue
3. person does not have identification
4. person demands to see magistrate or refuses to sign citation
5. so intoxicated they are a danger to themself and others
, 6. 1 or more outstanding arrest warrant
*officer always needs to note why on arrest warrant you are taking the person to jail and
not issuing a citation
✔✔What is the only offense higher than a Class A Felony? - ✔✔1st degree murder and
is automatically 51 years to serve day for day
✔✔If there is no classification of offense in the TCA what level is it? - ✔✔Class C
misdemeanor
✔✔Can you process a felony in general sessions? - ✔✔no
✔✔What is meant by shall, should, may and must? - ✔✔1. shall - have to/mandatory
2. should - preferred
3. may - typically discretionary
4. must - shall
✔✔What do you need to charge with a crime? - ✔✔1. PC the offense was committed
and PC all elements were met
2. Culpable mental state
3. Jurisdiction
✔✔What is 39-13? - ✔✔crimes against persons
✔✔What is 39-14? - ✔✔crimes against property
✔✔What is 39-15? - ✔✔family crimes
✔✔What is 39-16? - ✔✔crimes against government (false reports, coercion)
✔✔What is 39-17? - ✔✔public health, safety, welfare crimes (firearms, drug laws)
✔✔What is criminal homicide as a charge? - ✔✔it is a holding charge because culpable
mental state matters
✔✔What is arson comprised of in TN? - ✔✔structures and farm equipment
✔✔What is a Writ of Assistance? - ✔✔a general search warrant that was good for the
life of the king plus 6 months
✔✔How long do you have to execute a search warrant? - ✔✔executed and returned
within 5 days (1st day does not count) and it is void if it is not completed
*if search warrant signed on March 13 at 1800, day one for time starts on March 14 at
0000 and it would expire on March 19 at 0000
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Who is the father of modern day policing? - ✔✔Sir Robert Peel
*metropolitan police act 1829 - copied in america in 1849 in New York with Law of
Police Reform and started full time salaried and uniform police
✔✔Who was the first private security company? - ✔✔Wells n' Fargo (stagecoach time
to protect railroad, gold and silver... also remember Allen Pinkerton)
✔✔Who is Lola Baldwin? - ✔✔first uniformed female police officer in 1908 in Portland,
Oregon
✔✔What is COPS? - ✔✔Community Oriented Policing System
✔✔What is needed in a warrant of arrest? - ✔✔40-6-201 "Warrant of arrest"
order, in writing, stating the substance of the complaint, directed to a proper officer,
signed by a magistrate and commanding the arrest of the defendant
✔✔What is needed for an arrest in violation of an OOP? - ✔✔1. officer has to have
jurisdiction where the violation occurred
2. reasonable cause respondent violated or is in violation of the OOP
3. verified the order exists
*no ex parte order can be enforced by arrest unless the respondent has been served.
✔✔Who are subject to arrest? - ✔✔all persons
*congress/legislators are immune from civil arrest but not criminal
*diplomats and foreign ministers and ambassadors can have immunity
✔✔When to use a citation instead of arrest? - ✔✔Officer shall write ticket for misd.
committed in presence unless:
1. serving warrant
2. dui - unless hospitalized for over 3 hours
3. may write ticket for: shoplifting, bad checks, revoked/suspended DL, assault/battery,
prostitution
*arrest if high likelihood of more offenses will be committed or good cause person will
not show up to court
✔✔When to arrest and not issue a citation? - ✔✔1. person injured and unable to care
for themself
2. crime will continue
3. person does not have identification
4. person demands to see magistrate or refuses to sign citation
5. so intoxicated they are a danger to themself and others
, 6. 1 or more outstanding arrest warrant
*officer always needs to note why on arrest warrant you are taking the person to jail and
not issuing a citation
✔✔What is the only offense higher than a Class A Felony? - ✔✔1st degree murder and
is automatically 51 years to serve day for day
✔✔If there is no classification of offense in the TCA what level is it? - ✔✔Class C
misdemeanor
✔✔Can you process a felony in general sessions? - ✔✔no
✔✔What is meant by shall, should, may and must? - ✔✔1. shall - have to/mandatory
2. should - preferred
3. may - typically discretionary
4. must - shall
✔✔What do you need to charge with a crime? - ✔✔1. PC the offense was committed
and PC all elements were met
2. Culpable mental state
3. Jurisdiction
✔✔What is 39-13? - ✔✔crimes against persons
✔✔What is 39-14? - ✔✔crimes against property
✔✔What is 39-15? - ✔✔family crimes
✔✔What is 39-16? - ✔✔crimes against government (false reports, coercion)
✔✔What is 39-17? - ✔✔public health, safety, welfare crimes (firearms, drug laws)
✔✔What is criminal homicide as a charge? - ✔✔it is a holding charge because culpable
mental state matters
✔✔What is arson comprised of in TN? - ✔✔structures and farm equipment
✔✔What is a Writ of Assistance? - ✔✔a general search warrant that was good for the
life of the king plus 6 months
✔✔How long do you have to execute a search warrant? - ✔✔executed and returned
within 5 days (1st day does not count) and it is void if it is not completed
*if search warrant signed on March 13 at 1800, day one for time starts on March 14 at
0000 and it would expire on March 19 at 0000
