Police Academy Test 1 | STUDY GUIDE
Suspicious Activity Anything that would lead you to believe illegal activity is afoot.
Suspicious Activity Examples Time of Day, Loitering, Running
Hot Spot Particular place with a lot of crime.
, Theories of Patrol Visible & Undercover
Undercover People know you're on patrol, but not your location.
Preventive Enforcement Protection, uses presence to help prevent crime.
Directed to specific violations or circumstances.
Selective Enforcement
Normally the solution to where the trouble is likely to
occur.
1) Go directly to scene.
2) Use emergency procedures.
Responding to crimes in
3) Go to where fleeing suspect may be.
progress.
4) Know dangers exist for every call.
1) Formulate flexible plan
Responsibility of first
respondent 2) Coordinate with other units.
1) Highly mobile
Modern Day Offender
2) Ease of committing crimes away from home town.
1) Approaching suspects vehicle
2) Violators hands out of view.
3) Returning to vehicle
4) Writing citation
5) Second approach w/ citation.
Points of jeopardy at traffic
6) Second encounter with violator
stops.
7) Returning to patrol vehicle
*Beat person out of car.
*Reach or search for items before exiting vehicle.
Suspicious Activity Anything that would lead you to believe illegal activity is afoot.
Suspicious Activity Examples Time of Day, Loitering, Running
Hot Spot Particular place with a lot of crime.
, Theories of Patrol Visible & Undercover
Undercover People know you're on patrol, but not your location.
Preventive Enforcement Protection, uses presence to help prevent crime.
Directed to specific violations or circumstances.
Selective Enforcement
Normally the solution to where the trouble is likely to
occur.
1) Go directly to scene.
2) Use emergency procedures.
Responding to crimes in
3) Go to where fleeing suspect may be.
progress.
4) Know dangers exist for every call.
1) Formulate flexible plan
Responsibility of first
respondent 2) Coordinate with other units.
1) Highly mobile
Modern Day Offender
2) Ease of committing crimes away from home town.
1) Approaching suspects vehicle
2) Violators hands out of view.
3) Returning to vehicle
4) Writing citation
5) Second approach w/ citation.
Points of jeopardy at traffic
6) Second encounter with violator
stops.
7) Returning to patrol vehicle
*Beat person out of car.
*Reach or search for items before exiting vehicle.
