LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN (LEST) STUDY GUIDE | 137
QUESTIONS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+(REAL DEAL)
What does CCDC stand for? - (Correct Answer) - Clark County Detention Center
What are 3 reasons for individuals being arrested and brought to the Clark County Detention
Center? - (Correct Answer) - a) They commit crimes and are awaiting court hearings
b) They are found/plead guilty to a misdemeanor or gross demeanor charges (sentenced to jail
for 1 year)
c) They are found guilty/plead guilty to felony charges, are sentenced to state prison, and are
waiting for transport
Offenders brought in may be _______ or ______, _______, or ________. - (Correct Answer) -
Male, female, adult, juvenile
What does DSD stand for? - (Correct Answer) - Detention Services Division
What does the DSD ensure (4)? - (Correct Answer) - a) Security precautions
b) Order
c) Safety
d) Security of the facility and its occupants
When are all personnel subject to a search of their belongings? - (Correct Answer) - At any time
,Why are personnel subject to searches? - (Correct Answer) - To ensure compliance and to
prevent the introduction of unauthorized items/weapons
Who is the CCDC headed by? - (Correct Answer) - The Sheriff
Who is the CCDC run by? - (Correct Answer) - The Deputy Sheriff of DSD
What does the DSD provide inmates with (6)? - (Correct Answer) - a) Security
b) Housing
c) Meals
d) Health Care
e) Clothing
f) Social and legal visits
What does the DSD Records Bureau within the CCDC maintain, control, retrieve, and
disseminate? - (Correct Answer) - Information in the inmate records system
What is the bureau responsible for? - (Correct Answer) - Entering and maintaining the outlying
justice courts and Eighth Judicial District Court warrants
When working within the DSD Records Bureau, one should be aware of (4): - (Correct Answer) -
a) Contact with people from diverse backgrounds (ie: personnel from different law enforcement
agencies, LVMPD corrections and police officers, inmates, and members of the public)
, b) Contact may be made face-to-face or over the phone
c) You have contact with inmates during both booking & releasing
d) You may have contact with inmates while walking through CCDC
Inmates may be ____, _______, and ______ ______ _______. - (Correct Answer) - rude,
offensive, lacking personal hygiene
LESTs will perform a great deal of _________ _______. - (Correct Answer) - Computer Work
LESTs are responsible for (2): - (Correct Answer) - a) Entering/Retrieving inmate data
b) Entering/Clearing warrant data
A high degree of _______ is crucial to the processing of inmates from booking through release. -
(Correct Answer) - accuracy
Tasks completed by LESTs are crucial to (3): - (Correct Answer) - a) DSD
b) LVMPD
c) Criminal Justice Community
Information provided by LESTs are crucial to the... - (Correct Answer) - incarceration of an
arrestee.
QUESTIONS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS, GRADED A+(REAL DEAL)
What does CCDC stand for? - (Correct Answer) - Clark County Detention Center
What are 3 reasons for individuals being arrested and brought to the Clark County Detention
Center? - (Correct Answer) - a) They commit crimes and are awaiting court hearings
b) They are found/plead guilty to a misdemeanor or gross demeanor charges (sentenced to jail
for 1 year)
c) They are found guilty/plead guilty to felony charges, are sentenced to state prison, and are
waiting for transport
Offenders brought in may be _______ or ______, _______, or ________. - (Correct Answer) -
Male, female, adult, juvenile
What does DSD stand for? - (Correct Answer) - Detention Services Division
What does the DSD ensure (4)? - (Correct Answer) - a) Security precautions
b) Order
c) Safety
d) Security of the facility and its occupants
When are all personnel subject to a search of their belongings? - (Correct Answer) - At any time
,Why are personnel subject to searches? - (Correct Answer) - To ensure compliance and to
prevent the introduction of unauthorized items/weapons
Who is the CCDC headed by? - (Correct Answer) - The Sheriff
Who is the CCDC run by? - (Correct Answer) - The Deputy Sheriff of DSD
What does the DSD provide inmates with (6)? - (Correct Answer) - a) Security
b) Housing
c) Meals
d) Health Care
e) Clothing
f) Social and legal visits
What does the DSD Records Bureau within the CCDC maintain, control, retrieve, and
disseminate? - (Correct Answer) - Information in the inmate records system
What is the bureau responsible for? - (Correct Answer) - Entering and maintaining the outlying
justice courts and Eighth Judicial District Court warrants
When working within the DSD Records Bureau, one should be aware of (4): - (Correct Answer) -
a) Contact with people from diverse backgrounds (ie: personnel from different law enforcement
agencies, LVMPD corrections and police officers, inmates, and members of the public)
, b) Contact may be made face-to-face or over the phone
c) You have contact with inmates during both booking & releasing
d) You may have contact with inmates while walking through CCDC
Inmates may be ____, _______, and ______ ______ _______. - (Correct Answer) - rude,
offensive, lacking personal hygiene
LESTs will perform a great deal of _________ _______. - (Correct Answer) - Computer Work
LESTs are responsible for (2): - (Correct Answer) - a) Entering/Retrieving inmate data
b) Entering/Clearing warrant data
A high degree of _______ is crucial to the processing of inmates from booking through release. -
(Correct Answer) - accuracy
Tasks completed by LESTs are crucial to (3): - (Correct Answer) - a) DSD
b) LVMPD
c) Criminal Justice Community
Information provided by LESTs are crucial to the... - (Correct Answer) - incarceration of an
arrestee.
