NC BLET CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXAM WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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Preliminary Investigative Procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Document initial observations
2. Record the time that the call was dispatched
3. Record time of arrival on scene
4. Document initial observations
5. Determine your legal status at the scene.
6. Safety
7. Emergency care
8. Protective search of the crime scene
9. Securing the crime scene
10. Investigative notes
Documenting initial observations - CORRECT ANSWERS a) Lighting conditions
b) Traffic flow
c) Pedestrian traffic
d) Weather
e) Temperature
Determine your legal status at the scene such as... - CORRECT ANSWERS Consent
Search warrant
Exigent circumstances
Search incident to arrest
T/F if incriminating evidence is found that implicates the person who gave consent, that
person may, at a later time, deny they gave consent throwing the admissibility of any
evidence obtained into doubt. - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE. Obtaining a search warrant
should be the default.
Factors that are considered in whether exigent circumstances exist. - CORRECT ANSWERS
(1) Officers' reasonable belief that persons on the premises need immediate aid or where
there is a need to protect or preserve life or avoid serious injury (also called the emergency
doctrine)
(2) The degree of urgency involved and the time necessary to obtain a warrant;
,NC BLET CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXAM WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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(3) Officers' reasonable belief that contraband is about to be removed or destroyed;
(4) The possibility of danger to police guarding the site while a search warrant is obtained;
(5) Information indicating the possessors of contraband are aware police are on their trail;
and
(6) The ready destructibility of the contraband.
T/F The search incident to arrest exception DOES authorize a full exploratory search of the
premises - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE. The search incident to arrest exception does NOT
authorize a full exploratory search of the premises. Authorized search of their person and
area of their immediate control (lunge able area)
the first responder(s) first priority - CORRECT ANSWERS The safety and physical well-being
of officers and other individuals, in and around the crime scene
This type of search will typically be conducted based on exigent circumstances or consent -
CORRECT ANSWERS protective search
Unnecessary or improper entry into the crime scene may: - CORRECT ANSWERS (1) Destroy
or contaminate important evidence
(2) Introduce items or substance into the crime scene that may mislead investigators
(3) Provide defense attorneys with a basis for discrediting the investigators or the findings of
a crime laboratory.
The responding officer should enter the crime scene only for the limited purposes of: -
CORRECT ANSWERS (1) Determining that a crime has been committed
(2) Aiding victims
(3) Apprehending perpetrators
(4) Securing the area
Whenever possible, the crime scene should be entered only by? - CORRECT ANSWERS one
narrowly defined route to avoid the destruction of evidence, the contamination of possible
scent trails and so on
, NC BLET CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXAM WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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the area designated as a crime scene should be as large as - CORRECT ANSWERS as large as
the circumstances require or permit.
The crime scene should be secured by the use of? - CORRECT ANSWERS crime scene tape,
rope, barricades, locks or other appropriate measures
An entry control log - CORRECT ANSWERS documents who is entering the crime scene, why
they are entering, what time they entered the scene, and what time they left the crime
scene.
buffer zone - CORRECT ANSWERS approximately fifteen feet deep around perimeter for
staging of personnel, equipment, and supplies
the scene is considered an appropriate crime scene when? - CORRECT ANSWERS The scene
is secured on all four sides. All four sides of the scene must be available for review at all
times. all four sides must be marked/visible as a secured area.
Scene security requires a minimum of - CORRECT ANSWERS 2 officers
First officer controls - CORRECT ANSWERS front and left side of the scene.
i) Responsible for crime scene log
ii) Maintains entry/exit point
Second officer controls - CORRECT ANSWERS rear and right side of the scene.
(c) Posting additional officers at entrances
Crime scene tape must face - CORRECT ANSWERS out toward public.
(a) Writing must face outward and oriented in legible manner
(b) Tape must be between the knees to the chest area
T/F officers, firefighters, or public can be enlisted to assist in securing perimeter of the
scene. - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
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Preliminary Investigative Procedures - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Document initial observations
2. Record the time that the call was dispatched
3. Record time of arrival on scene
4. Document initial observations
5. Determine your legal status at the scene.
6. Safety
7. Emergency care
8. Protective search of the crime scene
9. Securing the crime scene
10. Investigative notes
Documenting initial observations - CORRECT ANSWERS a) Lighting conditions
b) Traffic flow
c) Pedestrian traffic
d) Weather
e) Temperature
Determine your legal status at the scene such as... - CORRECT ANSWERS Consent
Search warrant
Exigent circumstances
Search incident to arrest
T/F if incriminating evidence is found that implicates the person who gave consent, that
person may, at a later time, deny they gave consent throwing the admissibility of any
evidence obtained into doubt. - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE. Obtaining a search warrant
should be the default.
Factors that are considered in whether exigent circumstances exist. - CORRECT ANSWERS
(1) Officers' reasonable belief that persons on the premises need immediate aid or where
there is a need to protect or preserve life or avoid serious injury (also called the emergency
doctrine)
(2) The degree of urgency involved and the time necessary to obtain a warrant;
,NC BLET CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXAM WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
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(3) Officers' reasonable belief that contraband is about to be removed or destroyed;
(4) The possibility of danger to police guarding the site while a search warrant is obtained;
(5) Information indicating the possessors of contraband are aware police are on their trail;
and
(6) The ready destructibility of the contraband.
T/F The search incident to arrest exception DOES authorize a full exploratory search of the
premises - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE. The search incident to arrest exception does NOT
authorize a full exploratory search of the premises. Authorized search of their person and
area of their immediate control (lunge able area)
the first responder(s) first priority - CORRECT ANSWERS The safety and physical well-being
of officers and other individuals, in and around the crime scene
This type of search will typically be conducted based on exigent circumstances or consent -
CORRECT ANSWERS protective search
Unnecessary or improper entry into the crime scene may: - CORRECT ANSWERS (1) Destroy
or contaminate important evidence
(2) Introduce items or substance into the crime scene that may mislead investigators
(3) Provide defense attorneys with a basis for discrediting the investigators or the findings of
a crime laboratory.
The responding officer should enter the crime scene only for the limited purposes of: -
CORRECT ANSWERS (1) Determining that a crime has been committed
(2) Aiding victims
(3) Apprehending perpetrators
(4) Securing the area
Whenever possible, the crime scene should be entered only by? - CORRECT ANSWERS one
narrowly defined route to avoid the destruction of evidence, the contamination of possible
scent trails and so on
, NC BLET CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXAM WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2023/2024 BEST EXAM SOLUTION GRADED A+ FOR
EXCELLENT PASS
the area designated as a crime scene should be as large as - CORRECT ANSWERS as large as
the circumstances require or permit.
The crime scene should be secured by the use of? - CORRECT ANSWERS crime scene tape,
rope, barricades, locks or other appropriate measures
An entry control log - CORRECT ANSWERS documents who is entering the crime scene, why
they are entering, what time they entered the scene, and what time they left the crime
scene.
buffer zone - CORRECT ANSWERS approximately fifteen feet deep around perimeter for
staging of personnel, equipment, and supplies
the scene is considered an appropriate crime scene when? - CORRECT ANSWERS The scene
is secured on all four sides. All four sides of the scene must be available for review at all
times. all four sides must be marked/visible as a secured area.
Scene security requires a minimum of - CORRECT ANSWERS 2 officers
First officer controls - CORRECT ANSWERS front and left side of the scene.
i) Responsible for crime scene log
ii) Maintains entry/exit point
Second officer controls - CORRECT ANSWERS rear and right side of the scene.
(c) Posting additional officers at entrances
Crime scene tape must face - CORRECT ANSWERS out toward public.
(a) Writing must face outward and oriented in legible manner
(b) Tape must be between the knees to the chest area
T/F officers, firefighters, or public can be enlisted to assist in securing perimeter of the
scene. - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
