State police interview questions with correct answers
You and your partner are driving a dangerous prisoner to jail. On your way, you see a car accident and there seem to be injured people as the cars are quite damaged. What would you do? CORRECT ANSWER The right answer to this question is that you will proceed with your job - that is driving the prisoner to their destination but that you will notify the emergency services about the accident on the road giving description and details about what you see along with the location. Perhaps, your first reaction as a citizen would be to say that you will stop the car and get out to check if you can help. This, however, is not the most appropriate answer for a police officer. Remember that you are escorting a dangerous prisoner and it is not a good idea to leave your partner alone with the criminal in the car. Besides, your duty is to drive the prisoner and you need to perform it as quickly as possible. There is also the chance that the accident is actually an ambush and prisoner's friends are trying to help him escape. You are driving alone when you see a man grabbing a woman's purse. They both engage in an argument and the man starts to strike the woman with his hands in order to get control of the purse. What would you do? CORRECT ANSWER Your best answer here is that you will get out of the car, identify yourself as a police officer. and order the man to stop the attack and release the purse and the woman. If he doesn't obey, you will need to physically stop him but without using a gun unless he has a weapon. You may use a pepper spray or a baton, in case you are provided with any, to stop the attack. You need to arrest the man afterwards. You can also say that you will get on the radio and call for assistance prior to getting out of the car. Your supervisor assigns special tasks to all of your co-workers but not to you. When the next assignment comes, she gives it to another police officer who has already participated in a similar task. What would you do? CORRECT ANSWER In this case, you need to approach your supervisor and ask her about the reason why you are not assigned a special task. It is possible that she might have simply overlooked you or there is a specific reason not to assign you with special tasks. You need to try and clarify the situation with
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