Short Title - CCP 1.01 correct answers o The Act SHALL be known, and MAY sited as the Code
of Criminal Procedure.
Object of this Code - CCP 1.03 correct answers o Intended to embrace rules applicable to the
PREVENTION & PROSECUTION of offenses. Make PREVENTION & PUNISHMENT of
offenses intelligible of the ofc's who did act under them and persons whose rights are affected by
them
1. Adopt measures for preventing commission of a crime;
2. Exclude the offender from all hope of escape;
3. Insure a trial w/ as little delay as is consistent with the ends of justice;
4. To BRING to the investigation of each offense on the trial all the evidence tending to produce
conviction or aquittal;
5. To INSURE a fair and partial trial; and
6. The certain EXECUTION of the sentence of the law when declared.
Who are Peace Officers - CCP 2.12 correct answers o Everyone
Railroad Peace Officers - CCP 2.121 correct answers o Appoint: By DPS Director
o How Many: Up to 250
o Jurisdiction: Statewide
o Protection of railroad property and the protections of persons and passengers of railroad
passengers and employees.
Special Investigators - CCP 2.122 correct answers o SHALL not be deemed peace officers but;
o SHALL have powers of arrest search and seizure for felony offenses only
Adjunct Police Officers - CCP 2.123 correct answers o Appoint: Sheriff/Chief in county under
200,000 ppl
, o How many: Up to 50
o Jurisdiction: Campus area; adjacent to campus area; no further than 1 mi; primarily inhabited
by students and faculty
o SHALL aid LE in protection of the municipality or county in a geographical area designated by
agreement.
Peace Officers from Adjoining States - CCP 2.124 correct answers o Texas peace officer powers
when:
o Transporting inmate to hospital or medical facility
o Maintain or Regain physical custody to prevent escape or recapture.
Special Rangers of TX and SW Cattle Raisers Assoc - CCP 2.125 correct answers o Appoint: By
DPS Director
o How Many: Up to 50
o Jurisdiction: Statewide
o Investigates of the theft of livestock or related property.
Peace Officer's commissioned by the Alabama Coushatta Indian Tribe - CCP 2.126 correct
answers o Appoint: By Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
o How Many:
o Jurisdiction: Statewide
o MAY arrest w/out warrant, enforce all traffic laws on streets and highways
Duties and Powers - CCP 2.13 correct answers o Preserve the peace w/in their jurisdiction.
o SHALL: Interfere w/out warrant to prevent or suppress crime; execute all lawful processes;
give notice to some magistrate of all offenses committed w/in the officers jurisdiction; arrest
offenders w/out warrant in every case where the ofc is authorized by law to take before proper
magistrate to be tried; take possession of a child