OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024
List the Officer's Main Goals
Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion
Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training
To Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question?
A test question must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a
test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime?
Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing
-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations
Behavior
Situational Awareness
,Purpose of the Bill of Rights
Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System
Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing
Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy
Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police?
- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy.
Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal
position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism
-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias
,- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling
Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking
- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases
- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice
- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice
Every Encounter is a deposit or withdraw on Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice
- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities
, - Community & Citizens
- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior
- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior
- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise
- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
- Acts of Commission / Criminal
List the PLUS model
Policies - are they consistent with agency?
Legal - Is it lawful?
Universal - are the policies universal?
Self - Does it align with my beliefs?
CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024
List the Officer's Main Goals
Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion
Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training
To Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question?
A test question must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a
test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime?
Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing
-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations
Behavior
Situational Awareness
,Purpose of the Bill of Rights
Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System
Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing
Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy
Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police?
- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy.
Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal
position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism
-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias
,- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling
Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking
- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases
- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice
- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice
Every Encounter is a deposit or withdraw on Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice
- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities
, - Community & Citizens
- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior
- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior
- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise
- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
- Acts of Commission / Criminal
List the PLUS model
Policies - are they consistent with agency?
Legal - Is it lawful?
Universal - are the policies universal?
Self - Does it align with my beliefs?
