VAPOST Week 1 questions with verified
answers graded A+ already passed
Name the mission of the Department of Veteran Affairs. - correct answer ✔✔To fulfill President
Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his
orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
List the Five Core Values of the Department of Veteran Affairs. - correct answer ✔✔* 5 core
Values (ICARE)
* Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence
* The core values define "who we are," our culture, and how we care for Veterans and legible
beneficiaries...These core values come together as 5 promises we make as individuals and as an
organization to those we serve.
Recall the Mission and Vision of the VA Police. - correct answer ✔✔Is to serve and protect
Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and other who
frequent VA facilities. Their safety and security is paramount to ensuring that the VA can
successfully fulfill President Lincoln's Promise.
Recognize how the VA Police support the Mission of the Department of Veteran Affairs and the
veteran patient experience. - correct answer ✔✔* The VA Police Office is not a municipal police
and will never be a municipal police officer.
* VA Police work is considered a "helping" occupation.
* We are preserving the peace and maintaining order by leading assistance - Not by threats,
intimidation, or arrest.
* 95% of police work involves "calls for service" crime prevention, assistance, and emergency
services. The other 5% is in direct law enforcement action.
* VA Police Officer's working environment is that of a healthcare facility (hospitals, clinics, or
domiciliary).
,Define voluntary compliance - correct answer ✔✔* Voluntary compliance is the process of
meeting the legal requirements of a wrong doing by the person's own free will. This is the
preferred outcome for VA Medical Centers and the VA Police.
* It is the process of "getting people to do what you want them to do, because it is the right
thing to do".
* Criminal Justice System has long recognized the need and usefulness of more sympathetic
solutions.
* Officer discretion is an accepted practice among law enforcement agencies and officers.
* VA Police will make an arrest without a warrant when: *A misdemeanor is committed in the
presence of the officer; or *When a felony has been committed, and probable cause exists that
the person arrested committed it.
Define key terms and concepts associated with law enforcement ethics. - correct answer ✔✔*
The difference between right and wrong. Ethics tell us what choices we should make in our
world.
* It is the study of morals (rules for behavior); the analysis of what constitutes "good" or "right"
behavior.
* The VA ethic view: U.S. Constitution, VA Directive/Handbook 0730, ICARE Integrity,
Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, etc.
Explain Sir Robert Peel's Nine Principles. - correct answer ✔✔1. The basic mission for which the
police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police
actions.
3. Police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to
be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
4. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to
the necessity of the use of physical force.
5. Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly
demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
, 6. Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore
order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be in sufficient.
7. Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the
historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.
8. The police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties
which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
9. Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to
usurp the powers of the judiciary.
Describe a police officer's ethical responsibilities. - correct answer ✔✔* Be exemplary in your
conduct. Be honest in your dealings. Obey the laws of the U.S., the State that you are in, and the
Department of Veteran Affairs. Do not work for personal gain.
* Give the most impartial and efficient service of which you are capable. Always BE
PROFESSIONAL. Regard, and hold, your fellow officer with the same standards you hold for
yourself. Regard your fellow officer's honor and life as if your own.
State the consequences of unethical behavior by law enforcement professionals. - correct
answer ✔✔* These negative actions DESTROY public confidence in the peace officer and the
whole process of criminal justice.
Summarize The Three Theories of Corruption. - correct answer ✔✔1. Rotten Apple Theory:
Results of the individual "bad" officer.
2. Structural Theory: Result of the department for which we work.
3. Society at Large Theory: Result of the society in which we exist.
Describe methods used in preventing unethical conduct. - correct answer ✔✔* Before acting,
ask yourself: Am I acting out of anger, lust, greed or peer pressure. What would I do if my family
were standing behind me. Is it worth my job and career, is it legal.
Identify types of abuse of authority and power. - correct answer ✔✔* Abuse of authority is
extremely damaging to those on the receiving end.
answers graded A+ already passed
Name the mission of the Department of Veteran Affairs. - correct answer ✔✔To fulfill President
Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his
orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
List the Five Core Values of the Department of Veteran Affairs. - correct answer ✔✔* 5 core
Values (ICARE)
* Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence
* The core values define "who we are," our culture, and how we care for Veterans and legible
beneficiaries...These core values come together as 5 promises we make as individuals and as an
organization to those we serve.
Recall the Mission and Vision of the VA Police. - correct answer ✔✔Is to serve and protect
Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and other who
frequent VA facilities. Their safety and security is paramount to ensuring that the VA can
successfully fulfill President Lincoln's Promise.
Recognize how the VA Police support the Mission of the Department of Veteran Affairs and the
veteran patient experience. - correct answer ✔✔* The VA Police Office is not a municipal police
and will never be a municipal police officer.
* VA Police work is considered a "helping" occupation.
* We are preserving the peace and maintaining order by leading assistance - Not by threats,
intimidation, or arrest.
* 95% of police work involves "calls for service" crime prevention, assistance, and emergency
services. The other 5% is in direct law enforcement action.
* VA Police Officer's working environment is that of a healthcare facility (hospitals, clinics, or
domiciliary).
,Define voluntary compliance - correct answer ✔✔* Voluntary compliance is the process of
meeting the legal requirements of a wrong doing by the person's own free will. This is the
preferred outcome for VA Medical Centers and the VA Police.
* It is the process of "getting people to do what you want them to do, because it is the right
thing to do".
* Criminal Justice System has long recognized the need and usefulness of more sympathetic
solutions.
* Officer discretion is an accepted practice among law enforcement agencies and officers.
* VA Police will make an arrest without a warrant when: *A misdemeanor is committed in the
presence of the officer; or *When a felony has been committed, and probable cause exists that
the person arrested committed it.
Define key terms and concepts associated with law enforcement ethics. - correct answer ✔✔*
The difference between right and wrong. Ethics tell us what choices we should make in our
world.
* It is the study of morals (rules for behavior); the analysis of what constitutes "good" or "right"
behavior.
* The VA ethic view: U.S. Constitution, VA Directive/Handbook 0730, ICARE Integrity,
Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, etc.
Explain Sir Robert Peel's Nine Principles. - correct answer ✔✔1. The basic mission for which the
police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.
2. The ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police
actions.
3. Police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to
be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.
4. The degree of cooperation of the public that can be secured diminishes proportionately to
the necessity of the use of physical force.
5. Police seek and preserve public favor not by catering to public opinion but by constantly
demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.
, 6. Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore
order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice, and warning is found to be in sufficient.
7. Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the
historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.
8. The police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties
which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
9. Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to
usurp the powers of the judiciary.
Describe a police officer's ethical responsibilities. - correct answer ✔✔* Be exemplary in your
conduct. Be honest in your dealings. Obey the laws of the U.S., the State that you are in, and the
Department of Veteran Affairs. Do not work for personal gain.
* Give the most impartial and efficient service of which you are capable. Always BE
PROFESSIONAL. Regard, and hold, your fellow officer with the same standards you hold for
yourself. Regard your fellow officer's honor and life as if your own.
State the consequences of unethical behavior by law enforcement professionals. - correct
answer ✔✔* These negative actions DESTROY public confidence in the peace officer and the
whole process of criminal justice.
Summarize The Three Theories of Corruption. - correct answer ✔✔1. Rotten Apple Theory:
Results of the individual "bad" officer.
2. Structural Theory: Result of the department for which we work.
3. Society at Large Theory: Result of the society in which we exist.
Describe methods used in preventing unethical conduct. - correct answer ✔✔* Before acting,
ask yourself: Am I acting out of anger, lust, greed or peer pressure. What would I do if my family
were standing behind me. Is it worth my job and career, is it legal.
Identify types of abuse of authority and power. - correct answer ✔✔* Abuse of authority is
extremely damaging to those on the receiving end.
