Texas Level 3 (Commissioned) Security Guard Test Review
1. CCP 14.01 Arrest without a Warrant
2. CCP 14.06 Must Take Offender Before a Magistrate
3. CCP 18.16 Preventing Consequences of Theft
4. CCP 17.19 Surety May Obtain A Warrant
5. PC 19.03 Capital Murder
6. PC 20.02 Unlawful Restraint
7. PC 21.01 Sexual Assault
8. PC 28.02 Arson
9. PC 29.02 Robbery
10. PC 30.02 Burglary
11. PC 31.03 Theft
12. PC 46.01 Definition of a Firearm
13. PC 46.035(e) Unlawful Carrying of Handgun by License- Concealed
Handgun while working security
14. PC 9.31 SELF DE- A PERSON IS JUSTIFIED IN USING FORCE AGAINST
FENSE ANOTHER
When and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the
force is immediately necessary to protect the actor against
the other's use or attempted use of unlawful force. The
actor's belief that the force was immediately necessary as
described by this subsection is presumed to be reason-
able if the actor:
(1) knew or had reason to believe that the person against
whom the force was used:
(A) unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting
to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied
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habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment;
(A) unlawfully and with force removed, or was attempting
to remove unlawfully and with force, the actor from the
actor's habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employ-
ment; or
(B) was committing or attempting to commit aggravated
kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual
assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery;
(2) did not provoke the person against whom the force
was used; and
(3) was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other
than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or
ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used.
15. PC 9.31 Self De- THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST ANOTHER IS NOT JUS-
fense TIFIED:
(1) in response to verbal provocation alone;
(2) to resist an arrest or search that the actor knows is
being made by a peace officer, or by a person acting in a
peace officer's presence and at his direction, even though
the arrest or search is unlawful, unless the resistance is
justified under Subsection (c);
(3) if the actor consented to the exact force used or
attempted by the other;
(4) if the actor provoked the other's use or attempted use
of unlawful force, unless:
(A) the actor abandons the encounter, or clearly commu-
nicates to the other his intent to do so reasonably believing
he cannot safely abandon the encounter; and
(B) the other nevertheless continues or attempts to use
unlawful force against the actor; or
(5) if the actor sought an explanation from or discussion
with the other person concerning the actor's differences
with the other person while the actor was:
(A) carrying a weapon in violation of Section 46.02; or
(B) possessing or transporting a weapon in violation of
Section 46.05.
(c) The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified:
(1) if, before the actor offers any resistance, the peace
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1. CCP 14.01 Arrest without a Warrant
2. CCP 14.06 Must Take Offender Before a Magistrate
3. CCP 18.16 Preventing Consequences of Theft
4. CCP 17.19 Surety May Obtain A Warrant
5. PC 19.03 Capital Murder
6. PC 20.02 Unlawful Restraint
7. PC 21.01 Sexual Assault
8. PC 28.02 Arson
9. PC 29.02 Robbery
10. PC 30.02 Burglary
11. PC 31.03 Theft
12. PC 46.01 Definition of a Firearm
13. PC 46.035(e) Unlawful Carrying of Handgun by License- Concealed
Handgun while working security
14. PC 9.31 SELF DE- A PERSON IS JUSTIFIED IN USING FORCE AGAINST
FENSE ANOTHER
When and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the
force is immediately necessary to protect the actor against
the other's use or attempted use of unlawful force. The
actor's belief that the force was immediately necessary as
described by this subsection is presumed to be reason-
able if the actor:
(1) knew or had reason to believe that the person against
whom the force was used:
(A) unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting
to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied
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habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment;
(A) unlawfully and with force removed, or was attempting
to remove unlawfully and with force, the actor from the
actor's habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employ-
ment; or
(B) was committing or attempting to commit aggravated
kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual
assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery;
(2) did not provoke the person against whom the force
was used; and
(3) was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other
than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or
ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used.
15. PC 9.31 Self De- THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST ANOTHER IS NOT JUS-
fense TIFIED:
(1) in response to verbal provocation alone;
(2) to resist an arrest or search that the actor knows is
being made by a peace officer, or by a person acting in a
peace officer's presence and at his direction, even though
the arrest or search is unlawful, unless the resistance is
justified under Subsection (c);
(3) if the actor consented to the exact force used or
attempted by the other;
(4) if the actor provoked the other's use or attempted use
of unlawful force, unless:
(A) the actor abandons the encounter, or clearly commu-
nicates to the other his intent to do so reasonably believing
he cannot safely abandon the encounter; and
(B) the other nevertheless continues or attempts to use
unlawful force against the actor; or
(5) if the actor sought an explanation from or discussion
with the other person concerning the actor's differences
with the other person while the actor was:
(A) carrying a weapon in violation of Section 46.02; or
(B) possessing or transporting a weapon in violation of
Section 46.05.
(c) The use of force to resist an arrest or search is justified:
(1) if, before the actor offers any resistance, the peace
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