TCOLE 2026 PATROL PROCEDURES
TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIELD
OPERATIONS NOTES COMPILATION
◉ According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the
following, occurring in the presence of an officer, requires an arrest,
even without a warrant? (7.1.2)
a. an individual is intoxicated
b. a person is threatening to commit an offense
c. there is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is
violating a protective order
d. there is a child violating a city ordinance
Answer: C
◉ The ________ is that portion of a highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or
shoulder. (9.1.3)
a. Roadway
b. Road
c. Street
d. Traffic way
Answer: A
,◉ An operator moving around a rotary traffic island shall drive only
to the right of the island. (9.1.9)
True
False
Answer: True
◉ According to the Penal Code, an amount of force that is intended
or known by the actor to cause, or in any manner of its use or
intended use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury is
_______. (17.1.1)
a. reasonable force
b. deadly force
c. excessive force
d. necessary force
Answer: B
◉ According to Sec. 22.021 of the Penal Code a person commits the
offense of Aggravated Sexual assault if he commits sexual assault
and: (8.5.3)
a. The victim is younger than 14 years of age
b. The victim is 65 years of age or older
c. The person uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the course of the
same criminal episode
,d. All the above
Answer: D
◉ Preliminary investigative procedures for crimes against property
include: (29.3.2)
a. establish whether or not a crime occurred
b. secure the scene
c. locate victim and witnesses
d. determine how the crime was committed
e. all of the above
Answer: E
◉ The single most common factor in suicide is ______. (27.1.2)
a. autism
b. depression
c. paranoia
d. schizophrenia
Answer: B
◉ According to the TCOLE material, there are four (4) main causes
of abuse: Cultural, Sex role stereotypes, lack of control and
______________________. (26.1.2)
, a. Learned behavior
b. Aggression
c. History of abuse
d. Male supremacy
Answer: A
◉ According to Sec. 32.31 of the Penal Code, a person commits the
offense of __________________________ if, with intent to obtain a benefit
fraudulently, he uses a credit card with knowledge that the card was
not issued to him and he does not have the effective consent of the
card owner to use the card. (8.7.5)
a. Receiving Stolen Property
b. Credit Card Abuse
c. Forgery
d. Credit Card Laundering
Answer: B
◉ There are five objectives when conducting a crime scene search,
which of the following are not one of the five? (29.7.1)
a. that a crime was or wasn't committed
b. identity of original jurisdiction
c. why a crime was committed
d. how the crime was committed
TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIELD
OPERATIONS NOTES COMPILATION
◉ According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the
following, occurring in the presence of an officer, requires an arrest,
even without a warrant? (7.1.2)
a. an individual is intoxicated
b. a person is threatening to commit an offense
c. there is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is
violating a protective order
d. there is a child violating a city ordinance
Answer: C
◉ The ________ is that portion of a highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or
shoulder. (9.1.3)
a. Roadway
b. Road
c. Street
d. Traffic way
Answer: A
,◉ An operator moving around a rotary traffic island shall drive only
to the right of the island. (9.1.9)
True
False
Answer: True
◉ According to the Penal Code, an amount of force that is intended
or known by the actor to cause, or in any manner of its use or
intended use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury is
_______. (17.1.1)
a. reasonable force
b. deadly force
c. excessive force
d. necessary force
Answer: B
◉ According to Sec. 22.021 of the Penal Code a person commits the
offense of Aggravated Sexual assault if he commits sexual assault
and: (8.5.3)
a. The victim is younger than 14 years of age
b. The victim is 65 years of age or older
c. The person uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the course of the
same criminal episode
,d. All the above
Answer: D
◉ Preliminary investigative procedures for crimes against property
include: (29.3.2)
a. establish whether or not a crime occurred
b. secure the scene
c. locate victim and witnesses
d. determine how the crime was committed
e. all of the above
Answer: E
◉ The single most common factor in suicide is ______. (27.1.2)
a. autism
b. depression
c. paranoia
d. schizophrenia
Answer: B
◉ According to the TCOLE material, there are four (4) main causes
of abuse: Cultural, Sex role stereotypes, lack of control and
______________________. (26.1.2)
, a. Learned behavior
b. Aggression
c. History of abuse
d. Male supremacy
Answer: A
◉ According to Sec. 32.31 of the Penal Code, a person commits the
offense of __________________________ if, with intent to obtain a benefit
fraudulently, he uses a credit card with knowledge that the card was
not issued to him and he does not have the effective consent of the
card owner to use the card. (8.7.5)
a. Receiving Stolen Property
b. Credit Card Abuse
c. Forgery
d. Credit Card Laundering
Answer: B
◉ There are five objectives when conducting a crime scene search,
which of the following are not one of the five? (29.7.1)
a. that a crime was or wasn't committed
b. identity of original jurisdiction
c. why a crime was committed
d. how the crime was committed
