TCOLE BASIC JAILER
COURSE GUIDED
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANS-is a state regulatory agency for
local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANS-is the regulatory agency for all
county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - ANS-is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish
rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - ANS-the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and
obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - ANS-was created in 1992 to administer and enforce
provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers
and employees
Jail Climate - ANS-the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility;
inmate playing games with staff
,Stress - ANS-a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or
unfamiliar situation
Communication - ANS-the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and
information
Attitude - ANS-is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal
knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to
behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing
Race - ANS-generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical
characteristics
Ethnicity - ANS-refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - ANS-is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe,
and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - ANS-is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without
knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - ANS-a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - ANS-acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - ANS-is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not
welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based
behavior
Booking - ANS-recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the
admissions process
, Detainer - ANS-a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person
in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment - ANS-an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and
place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - ANS-a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some
other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person
accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law
Capias - ANS-is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of
the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and
bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment - ANS-is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any
magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding
authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a witness and
bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith, to
testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - ANS-when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person
within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a
warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before
him
Search - ANS-the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding
evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - ANS-is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is
prohibited by law or agency directives
Strip Search - ANS-when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary,
inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may
pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility
COURSE GUIDED
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
TCOLE [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement] - ANS-is a state regulatory agency for
local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state if Texas.
TCJS [Texas Commission on Jail Standards] - ANS-is the regulatory agency for all
county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state.
The Occupations Code - ANS-is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish
rules that law enforcement agencies and jailers must follow.
Ethics - ANS-the discipline dealing with what is good and bad with moral duty and
obligation.
Texas Ethics Commission - ANS-was created in 1992 to administer and enforce
provisions relating to, among other things, the standards of conduct of state officers
and employees
Jail Climate - ANS-the prevailing behavioral atmosphere throughout the jail facility;
inmate playing games with staff
,Stress - ANS-a body condition that may occur when a person faces a threatening or
unfamiliar situation
Communication - ANS-the ability to effectively and accurately transfer ideas and
information
Attitude - ANS-is an organized and relatively unchanging combination of personal
knowledge and feelings about someone or something that influences him/her to
behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing
Race - ANS-generally refers to groups of people with common ancestry and physical
characteristics
Ethnicity - ANS-refers to shared culture and background
Ethnocentrism - ANS-is "the act of regarding one's culture as the center of the universe,
and hence as the basis for all comparisons with other cultures"
Prejudice - ANS-is an adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand or without
knowledge of or examination of the facts
Culture - ANS-a way of thinking and acting based on tradition
Discrimination - ANS-acting on the basis if prejudice
Sexual Harassment - ANS-is deliberate or repeated sexual based behavior that is not
welcome, not asked for. and not returned or is unwelcome sexual or gender based
behavior
Booking - ANS-recording of certain information relating to the inmate during the
admissions process
, Detainer - ANS-a report from that documents an agency's authority to retain a person
in custody pending a fulfillment of a legal obligation. or transfer to another
jurisdiction
Commitment - ANS-an order signed by magistrate directing the sheriff to receive and
place in jail the person so committed
Warrant - ANS-a written order from magistrate, dies red to a peace officer or some
other person specifically named, commanding him to take the body of a person
accused of an offense, to be dealt with a cording to law
Capias - ANS-is a wait issued by the court or clerk, and directed "to any peace officer of
the State of Texas", commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and
bring him before that court immediately, or on a day or at a term stated in the writ
Writ of Attachment - ANS-is a writ issued by a clerk of a court under seal, or by any
magistrate, or by the foreman's of a grand jury, in any criminal action or proceeding
authorized by law, commanding some peace officer to take the body of a witness and
bring him before court, magistrate, or grand jury kn a day named, or forthwith, to
testify in behalf of the State or of the defendant, as the case may be
Magistrate's Warrant - ANS-when a compelling is made to a magistrate that any person
within his jurisdiction is a fugitive from justice from another state, he shall issue a
warrant of arrest directing peace officer to apprehend and bring the accused before
him
Search - ANS-the examination of persons or property with the intention of finding
evidence ot in plain sight
Contraband - ANS-is considered to be any item, matrrisk, or substance that is
prohibited by law or agency directives
Strip Search - ANS-when facility personnel reasonably believe it to be necessary,
inmates should undergo a through strip search for weapons and contraband thsy may
pose a threat to the security of safety of thr facility
