Opota Ohio Peace Officer Exam (Actual Exam 2026) |
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List the Officer's Main Goals - Keep the Peace
Prevent Crime
Up-hold the People's Rights
Provide Services
Considerations When Exercising Discretion - Situation
Background
Consequences
Severity
Reason for Law Enforcement Training - To Protect Life and Property of yourself
and the public.
What is the relationship between a SPO and a Test Question? - A test question
must respond directly to a SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question.
Factors Necessary for the commission of a crime? - Desire
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Victim
Opportunity
Core Concepts of Community Policing - -Partnership between Police & Community
-Crime prevention
-Organizational Change in Agency
-A problem solving approach to the police role that is proactive
Considerations for off-duty Situations - Behavior
Situational Awareness
Purpose of the Bill of Rights - Protecting an Individual's Freedoms
Major Components of the Criminal Justice System - Law Enforcement
Court
Corrections
Goals of Sentencing - Punish the offender
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Rehabilitate the offender
Protect Society
Restore the Victim
Concepts of Lawful actions and Police Legitimacy - Lawful - Defined by laws and
standards
* Criminal Law
* Agency Rules
* Constitutional Law
Police Legitimacy
* How the public views police as authorized to exercise power.
When can citizens film the police? - - When at least one party consents
- When officers are carrying out duties in public, as long as they don't interfere.
Define the connection between "in group" and "out group" police legitimacy. -
Individual's interpretation of encounters with police in terms of their group's
societal position rather than the circumstances of the police contact.
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Types of Racism - -Individual
-Interpersonal
-Institutional
-Structural
Components of Bias - - Stereotypes
- Prejudices
- Attitude
Bias-Based Profiling VS Criminal Profiling - Bias-Based
* Racial
* Gender
* Religion
* Sexual Orientation
Criminal
*Based on observed behavior and characteristics.
List the Two Modes of Thinking - - Attitude