WA BLEA Pre-Academy Test QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

WA BLEA Pre-Academy Test QUESTIONS
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Core Principles - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Legal Authority
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- Communication
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- Position & Movement
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- Threat Management
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- Equipment Management
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What percentage of high-risk incidents do patrol officers handle
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before special services arrive? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔90%
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Five Primary Objectives of Patrol - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Protect and Serve |\ |\




2. Crime Prevention
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3. Preserve the Peace
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4. Enforce all Laws
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5. Arrest
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Patrol Priorities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Victims
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2. Citizens
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3. Officers
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4. Suspects
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5. Property
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,Mission of Patrol - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Our mission is to save
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lives, protect the innocent, and prevent the destruction of
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property.


Mission of Crime Prevention - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Our mission
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is to stop or avert crime. Crime is driven by opportunity, desire,
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and ability. Law enforcement can impact both opportunity and
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ability by creating the impression that the opportunity to commit
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crime does not exist, or that an attempt to commit crime is too
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great to risk. |\ |\




Mission of Preserving the Peace - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Our
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mission is to uphold the constitutional rights of the masses while
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protecting the lives and property of the individual.|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Mission of Enforcing all Laws - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Our
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mission is to regulate public conduct and protect people from
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themselves and others. |\ |\




- We enforce all laws enacted by the legislature.
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- Civil Infractions (fines only), Misdemeanors and Gross
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Misdemeanors (fines and up to a year in jail), and Felonies (fines |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


and a year or more in prison)
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- We help civil organizations like child protective services,
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department of social and health services (DSHS), adult protection
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,|\ services (APS), hospitals, and fire departments by taking
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|\ 'protective custody' of people at risk. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Mission of Arrest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Our mission is to
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remove people who endanger the communities we serve.
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Therefore, we have the authority to: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




- Take away an offender's ability to commit crime
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- Remove an individual's right to freedom (which is the most
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dangerous part of our job) |\ |\ |\ |\




- Use reasonable and necessary force to accomplish this task
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What is the most dangerous part of our job? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Removing an individuals right to freedom
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Patrol Responsibilities (four major resp when resp to police calls) -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Communicate
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2. Coordinate
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3. Command|\




4. Control|\




Communicate Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- notify |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


dispatch when you are en-route, ETA, on scene
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- answer status checks
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, - conduct records checks
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- notify dispatch when your status or location changes
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- relay any additional suspect descriptions
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- notify dispatch any time you transport someone or after you
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clear a call|\ |\




Coordinate Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Where
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should other officers respond to?
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- What is the best direction for them to approach?
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- Which route accounts for fleeing suspects?
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- Do you need to contain the area?
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- What escape routes might be used?
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- Do I need to plan an alternate route?
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- Do I need units to continue?
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- Do I need additional resources?
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- What kind of containment do I have?
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Command Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When
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responding and arriving, you must determine if you will need
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more resources. These resources include:
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- supervisor
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- fire dept
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- medical aid
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- additional police units
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