LVMPD police/corrections recruit Written test
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Arrest - ✔✔The taking of a person into custody in a case and in the manner authorized by
law .
Assault - ✔✔Unlawfully attempting to use physical force against another person or
intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm
Battery - ✔✔Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Burglary - ✔✔Every person who either by day or night enters any structure with intent to
commit grand or petit larceny any felony assault or battery or to obtain money or property by
false pretenses is guilty of burglary
Felony - ✔✔Punishable by death or imprisonment in the state penitentiary
Gross misdemeanor - ✔✔Punishable by fine of not more than $ 2,000.00 or imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than 1 year or by both fine and imprisonment
Misdemeanor - ✔✔Punishable by fine of not more than $ 1,000.00 or imprisonment in the
city or county jail for not more than 6 months or by both fine and imprisonment
Corpus Delicti - ✔✔The substantial and fundamental facts necessary to prove the
commission of a specific crime or offense
Crime - ✔✔A crime is an act or omission forbidden by law , punishable upon conviction by
death imprisonment fine or other penal discipline
, Evidence - ✔✔All the means by which any alleged matter of fact the truthfulness of which is
submitted for investigation , is established or disproved .
Elements of a Crime - ✔✔In every crime or public offense , there must exist a union or joint
operation of act and intention or criminal negligence .
Homicide - ✔✔The killing of one human being by another
Intent - ✔✔A state of mind in which a person seeks a particular result through a particular
course of action .
Home Invasion - ✔✔Every person who , by day or night , forcibly enters an inhabited
dwelling without permission of the owner , resident or lawful occupant which involves any act
of physical force resulting in damage to the structure , whether or not a person is present at the
time of the entry , is guilty of invasion of the home
Larceny from Person - ✔✔The unlawful taking , from the person of another without his
consent any money property or thing of value under circumstances not amounting to robbery
Manslaughter - ✔✔The unlawful killing of a human being without malice either expressed or
implied and without any mixture of deliberation
Mayhem - ✔✔Unlawfully depriving a human being of a member of his body or disfiguring or
rendering it useless
Parties to Crimes Principals - ✔✔Every person who aids or abets in the commission of a
crime either during or prior
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Arrest - ✔✔The taking of a person into custody in a case and in the manner authorized by
law .
Assault - ✔✔Unlawfully attempting to use physical force against another person or
intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm
Battery - ✔✔Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another
Burglary - ✔✔Every person who either by day or night enters any structure with intent to
commit grand or petit larceny any felony assault or battery or to obtain money or property by
false pretenses is guilty of burglary
Felony - ✔✔Punishable by death or imprisonment in the state penitentiary
Gross misdemeanor - ✔✔Punishable by fine of not more than $ 2,000.00 or imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than 1 year or by both fine and imprisonment
Misdemeanor - ✔✔Punishable by fine of not more than $ 1,000.00 or imprisonment in the
city or county jail for not more than 6 months or by both fine and imprisonment
Corpus Delicti - ✔✔The substantial and fundamental facts necessary to prove the
commission of a specific crime or offense
Crime - ✔✔A crime is an act or omission forbidden by law , punishable upon conviction by
death imprisonment fine or other penal discipline
, Evidence - ✔✔All the means by which any alleged matter of fact the truthfulness of which is
submitted for investigation , is established or disproved .
Elements of a Crime - ✔✔In every crime or public offense , there must exist a union or joint
operation of act and intention or criminal negligence .
Homicide - ✔✔The killing of one human being by another
Intent - ✔✔A state of mind in which a person seeks a particular result through a particular
course of action .
Home Invasion - ✔✔Every person who , by day or night , forcibly enters an inhabited
dwelling without permission of the owner , resident or lawful occupant which involves any act
of physical force resulting in damage to the structure , whether or not a person is present at the
time of the entry , is guilty of invasion of the home
Larceny from Person - ✔✔The unlawful taking , from the person of another without his
consent any money property or thing of value under circumstances not amounting to robbery
Manslaughter - ✔✔The unlawful killing of a human being without malice either expressed or
implied and without any mixture of deliberation
Mayhem - ✔✔Unlawfully depriving a human being of a member of his body or disfiguring or
rendering it useless
Parties to Crimes Principals - ✔✔Every person who aids or abets in the commission of a
crime either during or prior
