MPOETC ACT 120 CERTIFICATION STUDY
GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS FOR SUCCESS 2026
• All laws and public policy are created to protect _____ Answer: The
public
• What L.E. Systems become laws Answer: Value, Moral, Belief
systems
• Modern father of policing? Answer: Sir Robert Peel
• What is the power order for governments from top to bottom? Answer:
Federal, state, county, township, borough, city.
• What is police power bound by? Answer: U.S. constitution, state
constitution, county, township, city, ordnance's, rules and laws
• Police are referred to as what in the criminal justice system and why?
Answer: Gatekeepers, no one can get in unless arrested and charged with
a crime.
, • What are all the circumstances that give police officers the right to
search? Answer: Subsequent to arrest, By warrant, with consent, for
inventory, exigent circumstances.
• What always trumps the 4th amendment? Answer: Consent to search
• What must you have to make an arrest? Answer: Probable cause
• What is the order of criminal offenses from major to minor Answer:
Felony, misdemeanor, summary,
• True or False: Police spend the bulk of their time doing law
enforcement activities. Answer: False: Officers spend most of their time
doing public service.
• Name the 6 emerging technology trends in policing Answer:
Computer, fingerprint, less lethal, surveillance, photographic, forensics
technology.
• What is coercive force? Answer: Convincing people through
persuasion to do what you want.
• What are the 3 components of the Criminal Justice System? Answer:
Law Enforcement, Courts, Corrections
GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED
QUESTIONS FOR SUCCESS 2026
• All laws and public policy are created to protect _____ Answer: The
public
• What L.E. Systems become laws Answer: Value, Moral, Belief
systems
• Modern father of policing? Answer: Sir Robert Peel
• What is the power order for governments from top to bottom? Answer:
Federal, state, county, township, borough, city.
• What is police power bound by? Answer: U.S. constitution, state
constitution, county, township, city, ordnance's, rules and laws
• Police are referred to as what in the criminal justice system and why?
Answer: Gatekeepers, no one can get in unless arrested and charged with
a crime.
, • What are all the circumstances that give police officers the right to
search? Answer: Subsequent to arrest, By warrant, with consent, for
inventory, exigent circumstances.
• What always trumps the 4th amendment? Answer: Consent to search
• What must you have to make an arrest? Answer: Probable cause
• What is the order of criminal offenses from major to minor Answer:
Felony, misdemeanor, summary,
• True or False: Police spend the bulk of their time doing law
enforcement activities. Answer: False: Officers spend most of their time
doing public service.
• Name the 6 emerging technology trends in policing Answer:
Computer, fingerprint, less lethal, surveillance, photographic, forensics
technology.
• What is coercive force? Answer: Convincing people through
persuasion to do what you want.
• What are the 3 components of the Criminal Justice System? Answer:
Law Enforcement, Courts, Corrections
