MPOETC Certification Exam Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
(New 2023/ 2024 Update)
QUESTION
For police to enter a home to make an arrest on an arrest warrant what must they have?
Answer:
1.A valid arrest warrant
AND
2.A search warrant for the home (3rd party)
3.exigent circumstances
QUESTION
What are the grounds for warrantless arrests in homes?
Answer:
-gravity of the offense
-belief suspect is armed
-strong belief suspect in premises
-likelihood suspect will escape if not
-entry was peaceable and time of arrest
QUESTION
What does a protective sweep entail?
Answer:
1.Police may search the home for arrestee and all areas where they may be hiding
2.Police may search room where arrestee is found to make sure there are no others
3.If reasonable police may search other areas for other persons
QUESTION
Plain view exception in a home
,Answer:
If police are lawfully in a home looking for others, anything observed is subject to plain view
seizure
QUESTION
Exigent circumstances : Imminent threat
Answer:
-Warrantless search is allowed
-when police find that there is an imminent threat of serious physical harm to police or others
-imminent threat that evidence will be destroyed or removed
QUESTION
What is hot pursuit?
Answer:
Police may pursue a fleeing suspect into a house:
1.Legal grounds to arrest
2.prompt pursuit
3.serious offense
QUESTION
When can we frisk a car?
Answer:
Reasonable suspicion armed an dangerous
QUESTION
What is an inventory search?
Answer:
1.Vehicle is lawfully seized
2.Search done to protect property
3.Not to find evidence
4.Written dept policy
,5.May only search general locations
QUESTION
What's the purpose of an inventory search?
Answer:
1.to protect the owners property while in custody
2.insure against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property
3.to guard the police from danger
QUESTION
What is community caretaking?
Answer:
-Police are required to act reasonably when coming to the aid of the community.
-Person is in need of assistance
QUESTION
What can a search warrant be issued for?
Answer:
1.Contraband or things criminally possessed
2.Property that is or has been used as the means of committing a crime
3.property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense
QUESTION
What particulars must be listed in a SW?
Answer:
1.Items- describe everything you want to find and supported by probable cause
2.Place- Premises, person, location
QUESTION
, Affidavit of probable cause must include what?
Answer:
1.Who- you are
2.What- particularly describe evidence
3.Where- you want to search
4.Why- tell the story
5.When- Est. PC that evidence is at this location at this time (PC goes stale)
QUESTION
What is the amount of time officers should wait when knocking before entry?
Answer:
A reasonable amount of time (45 seconds)
QUESTION
Knock and Announce warrant requirements
Answer:
"POLICE, SEARCH WAR- RANT"
QUESTION
why would police conduct a no knock warrant?
Answer:
1.threats of violence to officers
2.threats of violence to occupants
3.Reason to believe evidence will be destroyed
QUESTION
What did Katz v. US establish?
Answer:
the reasonable expectation of privacy (REP)
standard
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
(New 2023/ 2024 Update)
QUESTION
For police to enter a home to make an arrest on an arrest warrant what must they have?
Answer:
1.A valid arrest warrant
AND
2.A search warrant for the home (3rd party)
3.exigent circumstances
QUESTION
What are the grounds for warrantless arrests in homes?
Answer:
-gravity of the offense
-belief suspect is armed
-strong belief suspect in premises
-likelihood suspect will escape if not
-entry was peaceable and time of arrest
QUESTION
What does a protective sweep entail?
Answer:
1.Police may search the home for arrestee and all areas where they may be hiding
2.Police may search room where arrestee is found to make sure there are no others
3.If reasonable police may search other areas for other persons
QUESTION
Plain view exception in a home
,Answer:
If police are lawfully in a home looking for others, anything observed is subject to plain view
seizure
QUESTION
Exigent circumstances : Imminent threat
Answer:
-Warrantless search is allowed
-when police find that there is an imminent threat of serious physical harm to police or others
-imminent threat that evidence will be destroyed or removed
QUESTION
What is hot pursuit?
Answer:
Police may pursue a fleeing suspect into a house:
1.Legal grounds to arrest
2.prompt pursuit
3.serious offense
QUESTION
When can we frisk a car?
Answer:
Reasonable suspicion armed an dangerous
QUESTION
What is an inventory search?
Answer:
1.Vehicle is lawfully seized
2.Search done to protect property
3.Not to find evidence
4.Written dept policy
,5.May only search general locations
QUESTION
What's the purpose of an inventory search?
Answer:
1.to protect the owners property while in custody
2.insure against claims of lost, stolen or vandalized property
3.to guard the police from danger
QUESTION
What is community caretaking?
Answer:
-Police are required to act reasonably when coming to the aid of the community.
-Person is in need of assistance
QUESTION
What can a search warrant be issued for?
Answer:
1.Contraband or things criminally possessed
2.Property that is or has been used as the means of committing a crime
3.property that constitutes evidence of the commission of a criminal offense
QUESTION
What particulars must be listed in a SW?
Answer:
1.Items- describe everything you want to find and supported by probable cause
2.Place- Premises, person, location
QUESTION
, Affidavit of probable cause must include what?
Answer:
1.Who- you are
2.What- particularly describe evidence
3.Where- you want to search
4.Why- tell the story
5.When- Est. PC that evidence is at this location at this time (PC goes stale)
QUESTION
What is the amount of time officers should wait when knocking before entry?
Answer:
A reasonable amount of time (45 seconds)
QUESTION
Knock and Announce warrant requirements
Answer:
"POLICE, SEARCH WAR- RANT"
QUESTION
why would police conduct a no knock warrant?
Answer:
1.threats of violence to officers
2.threats of violence to occupants
3.Reason to believe evidence will be destroyed
QUESTION
What did Katz v. US establish?
Answer:
the reasonable expectation of privacy (REP)
standard
