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conspiracy ✔️Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
forehead ✔️When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their body at which it was applied?
yellow ✔️What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
35 mph ✔️What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
use lethal force ✔️What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
DEA ✔️What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
cruiser ready ✔️What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty, and the magazine is seated in the magazine
well?
cruiser ready ✔️What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide, and an activated chamber safety switch?
1st amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
4th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and effects?
5th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process, compensation for public taking of property, and
double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
6th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be confronted by witnesses and/or accusers?
8th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual punishment?
14th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for all?
mapp v. ohio ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
4th amendment ✔️What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
commonwealth v. maglioccio ✔️What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept that a person cannot be convicted of ethnic
intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate offense?
aggravated assault ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania police officer?
simple assault ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant other?
criminal attempt ✔️In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be charged against a woman who attempted to stab a
man and missed?
juvenile petition ✔️What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
incorrect ✔️CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3 seconds, and look both ways before proceeding?
flammable ✔️What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
incorrect ✔️CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents included when there is a domestic situation at
large?
eliminate threat ✔️What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active shooter at large?
robbery ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then locked between the doors?
directly in front of home ✔️When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
3 feet ✔️How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
, civil matter ✔️Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if a mother fails to permit father to see child during the
weekend?
no violation committed ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
mental hospital ✔️When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
statute 3111 ✔️What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic
Devices)
graham v. connor ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20
hindsight of others?
fruit of the poisonous tree ✔️What term applies to any evidence found through illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship
between the act and the seizure?
nix v. williams ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
us v. leon ✔️What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
involuntary commitment ✔️What type of commitment pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or
being taken to a Magisterial judge?
order of courts ✔️Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S.
Supreme Court.
sheriff department ✔️If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where must the firearms be taken?
take immediately ✔️A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a
powdered substance in baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what should the Officer do?
yes ✔️Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her
permission suffice?
11 pm ✔️What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
indecent assault ✔️An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he
charged with?
robbery ✔️A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense
considered?
leave payment on table ✔️A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
moral righteousness ✔️A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT
justifiable. What must you, as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
no comment on partner testimony ✔️If you, as a Police Officer, testify in court, and you are told that your testimony conflicts with your
partner's, what should you say on the stand?
trust ✔️What is needed between the police and community for policing to work?
fruit of the poisonous tree ✔️As a Police Officer, you see a former convicted robber in possession of a sports bag and brief case. Can you seize
his/her possessions?
hallow effect ✔️What is concept of a Police Officer paying attention to trivial things in a person, but influence the interpretation and perception
of other trivial things later in time?
everyone ✔️Who should a Police Officer be concerned about attacking himself/herself while responding to a domestic situation at large?
legs 4-5 feet apart ✔️How should a Police Officer position someone (while standing up against wall) when conducting a terry frisk or a search
incident to arrest?
schedule 1 ✔️What level of drugs have non-medical use?
conspiracy ✔️Situation where two people agree to commit a crime and are caught later?
forehead ✔️When applying a tourniquet to someone, where should you write the time on their body at which it was applied?
yellow ✔️What color does a police officer work in? (Traffic Light Analogy)
35 mph ✔️What is the normal speed limit for an urban area?
use lethal force ✔️What should you NOT do when someone robs a Police Officer?
DEA ✔️What federal agency should you notify if you come into contact with a clandestine lab?
cruiser ready ✔️What is the status of an AR Rifle when the bolt is closed, the chamber is empty, and the magazine is seated in the magazine
well?
cruiser ready ✔️What is the status of a Shot Gun that has a filled magazine tube, a forward slide, and an activated chamber safety switch?
1st amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to free speech, religion, and press?
4th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to a person's secured house, paper, and effects?
5th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right against self-incrimination, due process, compensation for public taking of property, and
double-jeopardy? This right established "Miranda Warnings" in the case of Miranda v. Arizona.
6th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to speedy trial, to counsel, and to be confronted by witnesses and/or accusers?
8th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to bail and protection from cruel and unusual punishment?
14th amendment ✔️What is the constitutional right to life, liberty, property, and equal rights for all?
mapp v. ohio ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case made the disposition of the "Exclusionary Rule?"
4th amendment ✔️What amendment provides guidelines and sets standards for the use of force?
commonwealth v. maglioccio ✔️What Pennsylvania State Supreme Court case defines the concept that a person cannot be convicted of ethnic
intimidation without being found guilty of a predicate offense?
aggravated assault ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches a Pennsylvania police officer?
simple assault ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is charged when someone punches their significant other?
criminal attempt ✔️In addition to aggravated assault, what other 18 Pa.C.S. statute would be charged against a woman who attempted to stab a
man and missed?
juvenile petition ✔️What should be filed when a juvenile strikes a teacher?
incorrect ✔️CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A motorcycle should pull up to a solid white line, wait 3 seconds, and look both ways before proceeding?
flammable ✔️What does a diamond hazard symbol indicate?
incorrect ✔️CORRECT OR INCORRECT? A Police Officer should interview a child with the parents included when there is a domestic situation at
large?
eliminate threat ✔️What should a shot Police Officer or fellow officer do when there is an active shooter at large?
robbery ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against a man who robs a bank, but is then locked between the doors?
directly in front of home ✔️When responding to a domestic situation at large, where should a Police Officer NOT park his/her patrol vehicle?
3 feet ✔️How far offset to the left should a patrol vehicle be positioned on a traffic stop?
, civil matter ✔️Why should a Police Officer advise a father to contact an attorney if a mother fails to permit father to see child during the
weekend?
no violation committed ✔️What 18 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against an elder man who offered to transport a child someplace?
mental hospital ✔️When "302-ing" someone, where should a Police Officer take them first?
statute 3111 ✔️What 75 Pa.C.S. statute should be charged against someone who turned right on a steady red light? (Obedience to Traffic
Devices)
graham v. connor ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that an Officer's reasonable perspective of a scene will be judged rather than 20/20
hindsight of others?
fruit of the poisonous tree ✔️What term applies to any evidence found through illegal conduct that is suppressed, regardless of the relationship
between the act and the seizure?
nix v. williams ✔️What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled on the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
us v. leon ✔️What is the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule?
involuntary commitment ✔️What type of commitment pertains to spending 24 hours in a mental institute, a thorough psychiatric evaluation, or
being taken to a Magisterial judge?
order of courts ✔️Minor Court, Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, Pennsylvania State Superior Court, and the U.S.
Supreme Court.
sheriff department ✔️If a Police Officer is serving a P.F.A. and there are firearms present, where must the firearms be taken?
take immediately ✔️A Police Officer responds to a domestic disturbance for loud noise. Upon knocking on the door, the Police Officer notices a
powdered substance in baggies on the table when the resident answers. If they do not get a warrant, what should the Officer do?
yes ✔️Upon entering a house, the wife who lives there grants permission to the police to search her husband's unlocked closet. Will her
permission suffice?
11 pm ✔️What is considered a "Night Time Warrant" in the State of Pennsylvania?
indecent assault ✔️An 18 year old goes on a date with a "14 year old" who is actually 13. He fondles her breast. What 18 Pa.C.S. statute is he
charged with?
robbery ✔️A person knocks another individual to the ground and steals their purse with only $1.00 in it. What criminal status is this offense
considered?
leave payment on table ✔️A restaurant offers a gratuity to a Police Officer and foots the bill on the house. What should the officer do?
moral righteousness ✔️A bunch of Police Officers rough someone up after they are apprehended and no longer a threat. Their force is NOT
justifiable. What must you, as a Police Officer, consider when you hand in your report?
no comment on partner testimony ✔️If you, as a Police Officer, testify in court, and you are told that your testimony conflicts with your
partner's, what should you say on the stand?
trust ✔️What is needed between the police and community for policing to work?
fruit of the poisonous tree ✔️As a Police Officer, you see a former convicted robber in possession of a sports bag and brief case. Can you seize
his/her possessions?
hallow effect ✔️What is concept of a Police Officer paying attention to trivial things in a person, but influence the interpretation and perception
of other trivial things later in time?
everyone ✔️Who should a Police Officer be concerned about attacking himself/herself while responding to a domestic situation at large?
legs 4-5 feet apart ✔️How should a Police Officer position someone (while standing up against wall) when conducting a terry frisk or a search
incident to arrest?
schedule 1 ✔️What level of drugs have non-medical use?
