PC 832 Practice Quiz T or F Games and activities

PC 832 Practice Quiz T or F Verified A felony is a crime that can be punished with either county jail time or a state prison commitment. T or F - F A prisoners right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment is a right that is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights? T or F - T A suspect is attempting to swallow six diamond rings he stole from a jewelry store. The responding officer at the scene MAY NOT use any force to prevent the suspect from swallowing the evidence? T or F - F According to the CA Penal Code, Peace Officers have the authority to use reasonable force only when the officer has given a verbal warning that force will be used if submission is not immediate or if the officer feels that their own safety or the safety of others is at risk. T or F - F An officer may legally detain a person based on their appearance or condition (intoxication) or resemblance to a wanted person. T or F - T During a consensual encounter, the Officer asked Mr. James if he had been near the liquor store when it had recently been robbed. This question elevated the encounter to a detention. T or F - F Flight by itself is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion and can be used to justify a detention. T or F - F In every crime or public offense, there must exist a union, or joint operation of ACT AND INTENT, or criminal negligence. T or F - T Individuals are not held accountable for any crimes they commit when they are under threat or menace that reasonably causes them to believe their lives would be in danger. T or F - F Janice was at a party in a bar. She drank many alcoholic beverages. The last drink she had, the bartender made excessively strong. She was arrested after she left the bar for DUI. Due to the "unconscious act" exception, she is considered incapable of committing this crime. T or F - F Johnson has been stopped by the police for being out past curfew. The officers transport Johnson home and do not cite him for this violation of a city ordinance. This is an example of applying the law in the "spirit" of the law. T or F - T Johnson resembled an individual suspected of robbing a convenience store. He was stopped by police and asked investigative questions concerning his whereabouts at the time of the robbery. Johnson refused to answer the questions. The detention may now be elevated to an arrest? T or F - F Mr. Guzman was living in a drug treatment center. In his room he had several suitcases in which he kept his personal property. Police came to the center and asked the Facility Director for consent to search Mr. Guzman's property. It was appropriate for the Facility Director to give consent to the police to search Guzman's suitcases? T or F - F Negative non-verbal communication from peace officers towards citizens could possibly result in a loss of community involvement by those citizens and the people they influence. T or F - T Officer Smith has legally detained two men. Smith believes that the men may have weapons. Smith may legally do a pat down search of the two men for weapons. T or F - T Officer Smith was at a doughnut shop when he observed a petty theft occur. Considering just the information given, the use of deadly force is justified.