OPOTA PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
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A peace officers main goals - ✔✔1. Enforce laws
2. Preserve the peace
3. Prevent crimes
4. Protect civil rights and liberties
5. Provide services
reactive - ✔✔Investigations and arrests after the occurrence of a crime
Proactive - ✔✔Positive steps taken prior to the occurrence of a crime to
prevent it from happening
,Core Concepts of Community Policing - ✔✔1. A partnership between
the police and the community
2. Crime prevention
3. Organizational change of the agency
4. A problem-solving approach to the police role that is proactive
SARA model - ✔✔Scanning
Analysis
Response
Assessment
Law Enforcement code of ethics - ✔✔Serving the Community
Lead by Example
Remain Impartial
Respect the Badge
Responsibility
,Considerations for off-duty situations - ✔✔Be a good witness if
situation arises when police intervention is necessary
Situational awareness
If involved contact dispatch to provide info about info/ incident
Three branches of government - ✔✔Legislative (make laws)
Executive (enforce laws)
Judicial (interpret)
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - ✔✔Protect individuals freedom
Prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Major Components of Criminal Justice System - ✔✔1. Law
Enforcement
2. Courts
3. Corrections
, Goals of Sentencing - ✔✔Punish the offender and in many cases,
rehabilitate the offender
Protect society
Restore the victim as much as possible
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - ✔✔Lawful -
Defined by laws and standards
Criminal Law - identifies what actions are prohibited
Police Legitimacy - How the public views police as authorized to
exercise power
Types of Racism - ✔✔-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias - ✔✔- Stereotypes
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
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A peace officers main goals - ✔✔1. Enforce laws
2. Preserve the peace
3. Prevent crimes
4. Protect civil rights and liberties
5. Provide services
reactive - ✔✔Investigations and arrests after the occurrence of a crime
Proactive - ✔✔Positive steps taken prior to the occurrence of a crime to
prevent it from happening
,Core Concepts of Community Policing - ✔✔1. A partnership between
the police and the community
2. Crime prevention
3. Organizational change of the agency
4. A problem-solving approach to the police role that is proactive
SARA model - ✔✔Scanning
Analysis
Response
Assessment
Law Enforcement code of ethics - ✔✔Serving the Community
Lead by Example
Remain Impartial
Respect the Badge
Responsibility
,Considerations for off-duty situations - ✔✔Be a good witness if
situation arises when police intervention is necessary
Situational awareness
If involved contact dispatch to provide info about info/ incident
Three branches of government - ✔✔Legislative (make laws)
Executive (enforce laws)
Judicial (interpret)
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - ✔✔Protect individuals freedom
Prevent government from interfering in protected rights
Major Components of Criminal Justice System - ✔✔1. Law
Enforcement
2. Courts
3. Corrections
, Goals of Sentencing - ✔✔Punish the offender and in many cases,
rehabilitate the offender
Protect society
Restore the victim as much as possible
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - ✔✔Lawful -
Defined by laws and standards
Criminal Law - identifies what actions are prohibited
Police Legitimacy - How the public views police as authorized to
exercise power
Types of Racism - ✔✔-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias - ✔✔- Stereotypes
