OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
List the Officer's Main Goals - (ANSWER)Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion - (ANSWER)Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training - (ANSWER)To Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - (ANSWER)A test question must respond
directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - (ANSWER)Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing - (ANSWER)-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations - (ANSWER)Behavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - (ANSWER)Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
,OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - (ANSWER)Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing - (ANSWER)Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - (ANSWER)Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? - (ANSWER)- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. - (ANSWER)Individual's
interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than the
circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism - (ANSWER)-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
,OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Components of Bias - (ANSWER)- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - (ANSWER)Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking - (ANSWER)- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases - (ANSWER)- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice - (ANSWER)- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice - (ANSWER)Every Encounter is a deposit or withdraw on
Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice - (ANSWER)- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
, OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities - (ANSWER)- Community & Citizens
- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior - (ANSWER)- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior - (ANSWER)- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise - (ANSWER)- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
List the Officer's Main Goals - (ANSWER)Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion - (ANSWER)Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training - (ANSWER)To Protect Life and Property of yourself and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - (ANSWER)A test question must respond
directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - (ANSWER)Desire
Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing - (ANSWER)-Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations - (ANSWER)Behavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - (ANSWER)Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
,OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - (ANSWER)Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing - (ANSWER)Punish the offender
Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - (ANSWER)Lawful - Defined by laws and standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? - (ANSWER)- When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. - (ANSWER)Individual's
interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's societal position rather than the
circumstances of the police contact.
Types of Racism - (ANSWER)-Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
,OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Components of Bias - (ANSWER)- Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - (ANSWER)Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking - (ANSWER)- Attitude
- More Deliberate
Strategies to Counter Implicit Biases - (ANSWER)- Guard against influence
- Recognize everyone is Bias
- Seek awareness and education
- Know you are susceptible
Two-pronged approach to Criminal Justice - (ANSWER)- Person based approach
- Community based model
Bank Account Concept of Procedural Justice - (ANSWER)Every Encounter is a deposit or withdraw on
Police Legitimacy.
List the 4 core principles of Procedural Justice - (ANSWER)- Giving others a voice
- Neutrality in decision making
, OPOTA OHIO PEACE OFFICER BASIC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
- Respectful Treatment
- Trustworthiness
Ethical Responsibilities - (ANSWER)- Community & Citizens
- Law Enforcement
- Your Agency
- Your Family
- Yourself
External Influences on Behavior - (ANSWER)- Friends and Family
- Citizens
- Media
- Department Regulations
- Policies
- Police Subculture
- Sense of community
- Fidelity / Loyalty
Internal Influences on Behavior - (ANSWER)- Own ethical and moral beliefs
- Anger
- Greed
- Lust
- Internal Rationalizations
Continuum of Compromise - (ANSWER)- Process
- Victimization
- Acts of omission
- Acts of commission / Action
