Colorado POST Review Certification Test Prep
2026/2027 | Latest Exam Questions and
Worked-Out Answers with Full Solutions
(Already Passed A+)
• 18-1-707 Use of Force -✓✓Physical force may be used for effecting arrest,
preventing escape, or preventing imminent threat of injury to the peace officer or
another person
• Criminal Attempt 18-2-201 -✓✓(A Substantial step toward the commission of the
offense)
A person who engages in conduct intending to aid another to commit an offense
commits criminal attempt if the conduct would establish his complicity (criminal
attempt
) the intent was there even though the crime was not committed
• Conspiracy -✓✓two or more people entering an agreement for an unlawful
purpose, and then taking at least one overt act in furtherance of the agreement.
• Criminal solicitation -✓✓The crime of criminal solicitation is the actual
soliciting, or seeking to engage another to commit a crime
(Crime doesn't have to be committed to charge Criminal Solicitation)
• Search Warrant Requirements -✓✓1) be based on probable cause, 2) be
supported by an oath or affirmation, and 3) describe in specific detail what is to be
searched or seized.
• Strip searches- When authorized or prohibited by POST -✓✓Strip search means
removal of clothing
Not allowed for traffic or petty offenses unless reasonable belief that they're
carrying a gun
Must be performed by person of the same sex
Search of anything but mouth must be authorized by chief, commander, sheriff
Failure to comply=second degree official misconduct
To permit search of genitals, buttocks, anus
,• Bail/Bond -✓✓An obligation signed by the accused, with sureties (Money), to
secure his presence in court.
• Preliminary Hearing -✓✓An initial hearing in which a judge decides if there is
probable cause (from the LEO's) to believe that the defendant committed the crime
with which he or she is charged
• Arraignment/Initial Hearing -✓✓A formal reading of a criminal charging
document in the presence of the defendant. Also used to change or set any bail
requirements
• Discovery (court procedure) -✓✓pre-trial phase in a court case during which each
party can use certain methods to obtain information and facts, and gather evidence
about the case in preparation for trial. It is the principal fact-finding method in the
litigation process
• Plea bargaining -✓✓The process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor
reach a mutually satisfactory disposition of a criminal case, subject to court
approval. Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a trial. When it is
successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and
defendant.
• Assault 1st Degree -✓✓- INTENT to cause SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON
- INTENT to disfigure, destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or
organ.
- EXTREME INDIFFERENCE to human life, KNOWINLY engages in conduct
which creates grave risk of death.
- INTENT to cause SBI to police, fire, EMS, officer of the court.
• Assault 2nd Degree -✓✓-INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY by use of a
DEADLY WEAPON.
- INTENT to prevent a police officer/fire /EMS from performing duty by causing
Bodily Injury
- RECKLESSLY causes SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON
, - INTENITONALLY gives someone a drug UNLAWFULLY to hurt them.
- While in custody, person KNOWINGLY applies PHYSICAL FORCE to
police/fire/EMS/court
- While in custody, person makes detention employee come in contact with bodily
fluids to cause injury or infection.
- INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY, but causes SBI.
• Assault 3rd Degree -✓✓A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree
if:
The person knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person or with
criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to another person by means of
a deadly weapon; or
The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person whom
the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a firefighter, an
emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider,
causes the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces,
saliva, mucus, vomit, or toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means,
including throwing, tossing, or expelling the fluid or material.
• Vehicular Assault -✓✓Drives recklessly OR under the influence of alcohol
and/or drugs, and The driving is the proximate cause of serious bodily injury to
another person.
• Menacing 18-3-206 -✓✓CMS: Knowingly
A person if by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or
attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
M3
F5 if deadly weapon involved
• Criminal Extortion 18-3-207 -✓✓Mental state: Intent
without legal authority and with the intent to induce another person against that
other person's will to perform an act or to refrain from performing a lawful act
2026/2027 | Latest Exam Questions and
Worked-Out Answers with Full Solutions
(Already Passed A+)
• 18-1-707 Use of Force -✓✓Physical force may be used for effecting arrest,
preventing escape, or preventing imminent threat of injury to the peace officer or
another person
• Criminal Attempt 18-2-201 -✓✓(A Substantial step toward the commission of the
offense)
A person who engages in conduct intending to aid another to commit an offense
commits criminal attempt if the conduct would establish his complicity (criminal
attempt
) the intent was there even though the crime was not committed
• Conspiracy -✓✓two or more people entering an agreement for an unlawful
purpose, and then taking at least one overt act in furtherance of the agreement.
• Criminal solicitation -✓✓The crime of criminal solicitation is the actual
soliciting, or seeking to engage another to commit a crime
(Crime doesn't have to be committed to charge Criminal Solicitation)
• Search Warrant Requirements -✓✓1) be based on probable cause, 2) be
supported by an oath or affirmation, and 3) describe in specific detail what is to be
searched or seized.
• Strip searches- When authorized or prohibited by POST -✓✓Strip search means
removal of clothing
Not allowed for traffic or petty offenses unless reasonable belief that they're
carrying a gun
Must be performed by person of the same sex
Search of anything but mouth must be authorized by chief, commander, sheriff
Failure to comply=second degree official misconduct
To permit search of genitals, buttocks, anus
,• Bail/Bond -✓✓An obligation signed by the accused, with sureties (Money), to
secure his presence in court.
• Preliminary Hearing -✓✓An initial hearing in which a judge decides if there is
probable cause (from the LEO's) to believe that the defendant committed the crime
with which he or she is charged
• Arraignment/Initial Hearing -✓✓A formal reading of a criminal charging
document in the presence of the defendant. Also used to change or set any bail
requirements
• Discovery (court procedure) -✓✓pre-trial phase in a court case during which each
party can use certain methods to obtain information and facts, and gather evidence
about the case in preparation for trial. It is the principal fact-finding method in the
litigation process
• Plea bargaining -✓✓The process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor
reach a mutually satisfactory disposition of a criminal case, subject to court
approval. Plea bargaining can conclude a criminal case without a trial. When it is
successful, plea bargaining results in a plea agreement between the prosecutor and
defendant.
• Assault 1st Degree -✓✓- INTENT to cause SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON
- INTENT to disfigure, destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or
organ.
- EXTREME INDIFFERENCE to human life, KNOWINLY engages in conduct
which creates grave risk of death.
- INTENT to cause SBI to police, fire, EMS, officer of the court.
• Assault 2nd Degree -✓✓-INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY by use of a
DEADLY WEAPON.
- INTENT to prevent a police officer/fire /EMS from performing duty by causing
Bodily Injury
- RECKLESSLY causes SBI with a DEADLY WEAPON
, - INTENITONALLY gives someone a drug UNLAWFULLY to hurt them.
- While in custody, person KNOWINGLY applies PHYSICAL FORCE to
police/fire/EMS/court
- While in custody, person makes detention employee come in contact with bodily
fluids to cause injury or infection.
- INTENT to cause BODILY INJURY, but causes SBI.
• Assault 3rd Degree -✓✓A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree
if:
The person knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another person or with
criminal negligence the person causes bodily injury to another person by means of
a deadly weapon; or
The person, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person whom
the actor knows or reasonably should know to be a peace officer, a firefighter, an
emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider,
causes the other person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces,
saliva, mucus, vomit, or toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means,
including throwing, tossing, or expelling the fluid or material.
• Vehicular Assault -✓✓Drives recklessly OR under the influence of alcohol
and/or drugs, and The driving is the proximate cause of serious bodily injury to
another person.
• Menacing 18-3-206 -✓✓CMS: Knowingly
A person if by any threat or physical action, he or she knowingly places or
attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
M3
F5 if deadly weapon involved
• Criminal Extortion 18-3-207 -✓✓Mental state: Intent
without legal authority and with the intent to induce another person against that
other person's will to perform an act or to refrain from performing a lawful act
