TCC PTLEA FDLE SOCE CPO Study Guide
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Officer safety - ANSWER ✔✔-a concept that combines command presence, situational awareness, and a
survival mindset
Command presence - ANSWER ✔✔-projecting a positive self-image that earns the respect of offenders
and the public you serve; the way your carry yourself
Situational awareness - ANSWER ✔✔-the understanding of the totality of your cirucmstances and
surroundings, it also contributes to officer safety and requires maintaining a high level of alertness at all
times
Positioning - ANSWER ✔✔-placing yourself in a tactically advantageous location where you can best use
your senses to determine what is occurring in your vicinity, while remaining in a safe place
Complacency - ANSWER ✔✔-an overly comfortable or relaxed state of mind, which may lull you into a
false sense of safety and security
Survival mindset - ANSWER ✔✔-a mental attitude to manage stress during dangerous situations,
requiring you to actively control yourself by being prepared to survive, being able to control your fees,
managing your emotions, and putting your ego aside
Cover - ANSWER ✔✔-such as automobile engine blocks, brick walls, dirt embankments, concrete, steel,
and thick wood which can protect you from incoming gunfire
Concealment - ANSWER ✔✔-can provide camouflage but will not stop incoming gunfire
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Community-policing - ANSWER ✔✔-promotes organizational strategies that support the systemic use of
partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address public safety issues such as crime,
social disorder, and fear of crime
Organizational Transformation - ANSWER ✔✔-the orientation of command staff at all levels to support
community partnerships and practice problem-solving
Community-policing problem solving - ANSWER ✔✔-the proactive examination of community problems
to develop and evaluate effective criminal justice responses
Community-policing partnerships - ANSWER ✔✔-increase understanding and trust between you and
community members which may include law enforcement, government, and community representatives
Interagency agreement - ANSWER ✔✔-a formalized agreement template that contains the principles of
the community-policing partnership
Local criminal justice partnerships can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-police departments,
sheriff's offices,
code enforcement,
animal control
State criminal justice partnerships can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-FDLE,
FHP,
DCF,
FWC
Federal criminal justice partnerships can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-ICE,
Department of Treasury & Secret Service,
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United States Marshals Service,
FBI
Planned compliance initiative - ANSWER ✔✔-a planned community corrections initiative that often
involve other criminal justice agencies and targets specific groups of offenders to determine if they are
complying with their terms of supervision
Community control planned compliance initiative - ANSWER ✔✔-conducted at atypical hours to ensure
offender compliance with house arrest and other special conditions imposed by statute or supervision
order
Sec offender planned compliance initiative - ANSWER ✔✔-conducted for residence verification and
include walk-through visual inspections and searches of living quarters to ensure compliance with
conditions of supervision and to ensure that offenders are not in possession of pornography, children, or
items that attract children
Ride-alongs - ANSWER ✔✔-refers to a probation officer riding in a patrol car in the field with a law
enforcement officer
Physical signs of substance abuse can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-bloodshot eyes,
sudden weight loss/gain,
deterioration of physical appearance,
poor grooming habits,
tremors, slurred speech, or impaired coordination
Behavioral signs of substance abuse can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-poor work and school performance,
financial problems,
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sudden change in friends, family, and hobbies,
frequently engaging in fights and illegal activities
Psychological signs of substance abuse can include: - ANSWER ✔✔-unexplained change in personality
and attitude,
sudden mood swings and irritability,
lack of motivation, appearing lethargic
fearful, anxious, paranoid
Examples of depressants include: - ANSWER ✔✔-Xanax, valium, GHB
Examples of stimulants include: - ANSWER ✔✔-amphetamines, cocaine, crystal meth
Examples of inhalants include: - ANSWER ✔✔-glues, aerosols, vapors
Examples of hallucinogens include: - ANSWER ✔✔-LSD, PCP
Substance use - ANSWER ✔✔-can include having a casual drink with friends, taking a prescribed drug
according to label directions, or taking aspirin daily to prevent heart disease
Substance abuse - ANSWER ✔✔-the continued misuse of substances that negatively affect the mind and
body and adversely affects an individual's social or occupational life and psychological or physical health
Substance dependence - ANSWER ✔✔-the compulsive abuse of substances, where the use has no choice
but to continue to consume the substance because of uncontrollable physical or psychosocial addiction
Drug tolerance - ANSWER ✔✔-occurs when a person needs to increase the dosage of the drug to produce
the same effect as the initial dosage, often leads to substance dependence
Psychological dependence - ANSWER ✔✔-occurs when a person feels that he or she needs drugs to cope
with problems function better in life, or feel happier
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