Final MCOLES EXAM 2023
What are the 3 things to advise person of constitutional rights?
1) Reading rights to person
2) Asking person if he/she understands rights
3) Explaining rights to person
What are the steps to interview of a suspect?
- Establish rapport
- Listen
- Take notes and clarify details
- Evaluates body language
- Process info to utilize in the interrogation approach and/or theme
How to conduct interrogation of a suspect?
- Using interrogation techniques
- Controls dialogue and challenges denials
- Obtains admission and/or confession
- Records exact statements of suspect
Steps to record statements of suspects?
- Obtain written waivers of rights
- Obtains written confession/admission of events that occurred, asking them to be
concise and include names, dates, times, places
- Witnesses recording of confession/admission
- Writes report concerning the confession/admission given by suspect, using exact
verbiage of the individual
What are the steps in searching unlocked businesses and dwellings for signs of
illegal entry
- Notifies dispatcher of unlocked building
- Secures building perimeter using backup units
- Visually checks outside of building for signs of entry
- Enters building in safe and cautious manner, checking for points of entry
,- Evaluates information gathered in search to determine next course of action (notify
owner)
What are the steps in securing a dwelling or business?
- Notifies owner to secure a dwelling/business
- Determines appropriate method of securing dwelling/business, if owner is not
available, based on visual and manual inspection
- Secures the property
(impounds probable property)
- Notifies dispatcher to request further checking of secured property when deemed
necessary
When checking a building what direction do you want to check?
- Counter clockwise
What are the 3 things you want to notify the owner or agent of, of potentially
hazardous conditions?
1) Hazardous condition
2) Actions to be taken
3) Consequences of failure to comply with request
How do you notify citizens of damage to their property?
- Determine ownership of property that has been damaged by checking records
- Notifies owners about nature and source of damage to their property using proper
procedures (notify by phone, requests neighbors or relatives to notify)
How to secure a vehicle?
- Secure it by impounding, locks vehicles at scene, removes valuables
- Documents action taken
How to investigate unattended suspicious vehicle?
- Notify dispatch of location and registration number
- Observe for criminal activity
- Investigate suspicious vehicle using proper procedures (checking VIN, etc)
- Impounds suspicious vehicle if found wanted or stolen
When to follow a suspicious vehicle?
- Determine if vehicle should be followed by observing vehicle and number of occupants
to check for illegal activities
- Follows vehicle at a good distance away while observing for illegal activity
- Then take appropriate enforcement
,How to investigate unusual orders?
- Determine nature, location and source
- Notifies dispatcher of situations, providing all necessary information
- Informs the appropriate non-police department or agency
- Secures area if environmental hazard exists
How to investigate unusual sounds?
- Locates nature and source of sound
- Notifies dispatcher of situation, providing all necessary information
- Takes appropriate action to terminate cause of sound
How to interview suspicious persons?
- Person makes fugitive movements, is in certain area at the wrong time
- Approaches suspicious person by:
> Selects a location advantageous to the officer
> Stands with a minimum of exposure promoting weapon retention
- Interviews suspicious person by:
> Advising person of the reason for the interview
> Asking person reason for being in area
> Requesting ID from person, if appropriate
- Frisks persons if officer fears personal safety
- Checks for wants or warrants
What is the first thing you do when you are on self directed patrol (Traffic stop,
suspicious person)?
- Tell dispatch of your location
What is BOL and ATL?
- Be On Lookout
- Attempt To Locate
What information do you need to obtain for a Stolen Gun?
- Make, Model
- Type of action (semi/auto/pump)
- Finish (color)
- Barrel length
, - Serial number
- Owner applied number
- Number of shots, and any additional information
What information do you need to obtain for wants/warrants?
- Name
- DOB
- Race
- Sex
What information do you need to obtain for vehicle registration and ownership
information?
- License plate number
- VIN
- Make
- Serial number
- Brand
What should you do when evaluating a situation to determine the nature of
assistance needed?
- Type (officer in trouble, officer needs assistance, citizen assistance)
- Number of personnel needed
- Degree of urgency
What is File and Status in reference to language of LEIN?
- Requesting to know if a person is "wanted" (Warrants) (No wants/nil)
- Requesting to know if a person is "valid" to drive
- The file is to see if they have warrants, and status is to see if their licensing is legal
What is Valid on face and OSC in reference to language of LEIN?
- Let you know the warrant is valid without waiting for the entering agency to confirm it
- Officer Safety Caution (Dont arrest on this, just a caution)
What is Michigan repeat offender law?
- 625 - 1 + prior conviction for OWL (can only have 1 prior conviction)
- 904 - 2 + prior convictions of DWLS (can only have 2 prior convictions)
What are the 3 things to advise person of constitutional rights?
1) Reading rights to person
2) Asking person if he/she understands rights
3) Explaining rights to person
What are the steps to interview of a suspect?
- Establish rapport
- Listen
- Take notes and clarify details
- Evaluates body language
- Process info to utilize in the interrogation approach and/or theme
How to conduct interrogation of a suspect?
- Using interrogation techniques
- Controls dialogue and challenges denials
- Obtains admission and/or confession
- Records exact statements of suspect
Steps to record statements of suspects?
- Obtain written waivers of rights
- Obtains written confession/admission of events that occurred, asking them to be
concise and include names, dates, times, places
- Witnesses recording of confession/admission
- Writes report concerning the confession/admission given by suspect, using exact
verbiage of the individual
What are the steps in searching unlocked businesses and dwellings for signs of
illegal entry
- Notifies dispatcher of unlocked building
- Secures building perimeter using backup units
- Visually checks outside of building for signs of entry
- Enters building in safe and cautious manner, checking for points of entry
,- Evaluates information gathered in search to determine next course of action (notify
owner)
What are the steps in securing a dwelling or business?
- Notifies owner to secure a dwelling/business
- Determines appropriate method of securing dwelling/business, if owner is not
available, based on visual and manual inspection
- Secures the property
(impounds probable property)
- Notifies dispatcher to request further checking of secured property when deemed
necessary
When checking a building what direction do you want to check?
- Counter clockwise
What are the 3 things you want to notify the owner or agent of, of potentially
hazardous conditions?
1) Hazardous condition
2) Actions to be taken
3) Consequences of failure to comply with request
How do you notify citizens of damage to their property?
- Determine ownership of property that has been damaged by checking records
- Notifies owners about nature and source of damage to their property using proper
procedures (notify by phone, requests neighbors or relatives to notify)
How to secure a vehicle?
- Secure it by impounding, locks vehicles at scene, removes valuables
- Documents action taken
How to investigate unattended suspicious vehicle?
- Notify dispatch of location and registration number
- Observe for criminal activity
- Investigate suspicious vehicle using proper procedures (checking VIN, etc)
- Impounds suspicious vehicle if found wanted or stolen
When to follow a suspicious vehicle?
- Determine if vehicle should be followed by observing vehicle and number of occupants
to check for illegal activities
- Follows vehicle at a good distance away while observing for illegal activity
- Then take appropriate enforcement
,How to investigate unusual orders?
- Determine nature, location and source
- Notifies dispatcher of situations, providing all necessary information
- Informs the appropriate non-police department or agency
- Secures area if environmental hazard exists
How to investigate unusual sounds?
- Locates nature and source of sound
- Notifies dispatcher of situation, providing all necessary information
- Takes appropriate action to terminate cause of sound
How to interview suspicious persons?
- Person makes fugitive movements, is in certain area at the wrong time
- Approaches suspicious person by:
> Selects a location advantageous to the officer
> Stands with a minimum of exposure promoting weapon retention
- Interviews suspicious person by:
> Advising person of the reason for the interview
> Asking person reason for being in area
> Requesting ID from person, if appropriate
- Frisks persons if officer fears personal safety
- Checks for wants or warrants
What is the first thing you do when you are on self directed patrol (Traffic stop,
suspicious person)?
- Tell dispatch of your location
What is BOL and ATL?
- Be On Lookout
- Attempt To Locate
What information do you need to obtain for a Stolen Gun?
- Make, Model
- Type of action (semi/auto/pump)
- Finish (color)
- Barrel length
, - Serial number
- Owner applied number
- Number of shots, and any additional information
What information do you need to obtain for wants/warrants?
- Name
- DOB
- Race
- Sex
What information do you need to obtain for vehicle registration and ownership
information?
- License plate number
- VIN
- Make
- Serial number
- Brand
What should you do when evaluating a situation to determine the nature of
assistance needed?
- Type (officer in trouble, officer needs assistance, citizen assistance)
- Number of personnel needed
- Degree of urgency
What is File and Status in reference to language of LEIN?
- Requesting to know if a person is "wanted" (Warrants) (No wants/nil)
- Requesting to know if a person is "valid" to drive
- The file is to see if they have warrants, and status is to see if their licensing is legal
What is Valid on face and OSC in reference to language of LEIN?
- Let you know the warrant is valid without waiting for the entering agency to confirm it
- Officer Safety Caution (Dont arrest on this, just a caution)
What is Michigan repeat offender law?
- 625 - 1 + prior conviction for OWL (can only have 1 prior conviction)
- 904 - 2 + prior convictions of DWLS (can only have 2 prior convictions)
