LAW ENFORCEMENT STUDY GUIDE
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According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following is NOT a use of force option for
dispersing a riot?
Use any defree of force
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the
commission of an offense is called a/an_____.
Complaint
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the security given by the accused that he will appear and
answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is known as _____.
Bail
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person of
an offense is a/an _____.
Indictment
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a person is arrested when the person has been ____.
Taken into custody
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement that is filed and presented on behalf
of the State of Texas by a district attorney that charges a person with an offense that may be prosecuted
according to law is called a/an _____.
Information
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer from another state may pursue a fleeing
person into Texas and arrest them there, if the person is suspected of committing ______.
A felony
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the time allowed for the execution of a search warrant
shall be _____ whole days, exclusive of the day of issuance and the day of its execution.
3 whole days
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which court has original jurisdiction over all felony cases?
District Court
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a writ issued by a court directing any peace officer
in the state, commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court
immediately called?
Capias
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, appeals from the Justice Court are heard by the _____
Court.
County
,According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the term for a written order from a magistrate,
directed to a peace officer, commanding them to take the body of the person accused of an offense, to
be dealt with according to law?
Arrest warrant
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a law enforcement-initiated action based on an
individual's ethnicity or national origin rather than the individual's behavior?
Racial Profiling
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in
discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he _____ command a sufficient number of citizens of his
county to overcome the resistance.
Shall
_____ circumstances exist when there is not enough time to obtain a warrant and the officer must
establish probable cause.
Emergency
The right to have an attorney present during questioning was affirmed by _____.
Miranda V. Arizona
Persons found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons
are about to commit some offense against the laws may _____.
Be arrested without a warrant
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer or any other person, may, without a
warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in their presence or within their view if the
offense is classified as _____.
A felony
In U.S. v. Carroll, the Supreme Court upheld an officer's right to search a vehicle's trunk when the
officers have _____.
Probable cause
Under temporary detention, a person _____ be required to identify himself.
Cannot
The act of keeping back, or withholding, by design, a person, is the definition of _____.
Detention
The right of the officer to search the immediate area of control in a search incident to an arrest was
affirmed in _____.
Chimel V. Calfornia
, According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a search warrant is a written order, issued by a magistrate
and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to _____.
Search for any property or thing and seize the same
Holding a person for a limited time who, as yet, is not answerable to a criminal offense is ____.
Temporary Detention
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, if a _____ from another state comes into or passes
through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he is not
subject to arrest or the service of civil or criminal process because of any act committed prior to his
arrival in this state under the order.
Witness
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an officer must have _____ to believe the property is
stolen to justify seizure of the property.
Probable Cause
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer may arrest, without a warrant, when a
felony or breach of the peace has been committed in the presence or within view of a _____ and such
person verbally orders the arrest of the offender.
Magistrate
_____ exists when the facts and circumstances known to the officer would warrant a prudent man
believing that an offense has been committed.
Probable cause
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the actual forcible detention of a person and other
coercive measures to detain him within certain limits?
cONSTRUCTIVE CUSTODY
Which U.S. Constitutional amendment is the primary focus of the Miranda v. Arizona case?
5th
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a citizen may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when
the offense is committed within their view is a _____.
Felony
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following, occurring in the presence of an
officer, requires an arrest, even without a warrant?
There is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is violating a protective order
Summary
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
(TCOLE)
(Master Study Guide Test Bank)
Complete
Prepared for Exam Preparation & Academic Use
, Summary The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
(TCOLE) (Master Study Guide Test Bank) Complete
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following is NOT a use of force option for
dispersing a riot?
Use any defree of force
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an affidavit made before a magistrate charging the
commission of an offense is called a/an_____.
Complaint
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the security given by the accused that he will appear and
answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him is known as _____.
Bail
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement of a grand jury accusing a person of
an offense is a/an _____.
Indictment
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a person is arrested when the person has been ____.
Taken into custody
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a written statement that is filed and presented on behalf
of the State of Texas by a district attorney that charges a person with an offense that may be prosecuted
according to law is called a/an _____.
Information
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer from another state may pursue a fleeing
person into Texas and arrest them there, if the person is suspected of committing ______.
A felony
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the time allowed for the execution of a search warrant
shall be _____ whole days, exclusive of the day of issuance and the day of its execution.
3 whole days
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which court has original jurisdiction over all felony cases?
District Court
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a writ issued by a court directing any peace officer
in the state, commanding him to arrest a person accused of an offense and bring him before that court
immediately called?
Capias
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, appeals from the Justice Court are heard by the _____
Court.
County
,According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the term for a written order from a magistrate,
directed to a peace officer, commanding them to take the body of the person accused of an offense, to
be dealt with according to law?
Arrest warrant
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is a law enforcement-initiated action based on an
individual's ethnicity or national origin rather than the individual's behavior?
Racial Profiling
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in
discharging any duty imposed on him by law, he _____ command a sufficient number of citizens of his
county to overcome the resistance.
Shall
_____ circumstances exist when there is not enough time to obtain a warrant and the officer must
establish probable cause.
Emergency
The right to have an attorney present during questioning was affirmed by _____.
Miranda V. Arizona
Persons found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons
are about to commit some offense against the laws may _____.
Be arrested without a warrant
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer or any other person, may, without a
warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in their presence or within their view if the
offense is classified as _____.
A felony
In U.S. v. Carroll, the Supreme Court upheld an officer's right to search a vehicle's trunk when the
officers have _____.
Probable cause
Under temporary detention, a person _____ be required to identify himself.
Cannot
The act of keeping back, or withholding, by design, a person, is the definition of _____.
Detention
The right of the officer to search the immediate area of control in a search incident to an arrest was
affirmed in _____.
Chimel V. Calfornia
, According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a search warrant is a written order, issued by a magistrate
and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to _____.
Search for any property or thing and seize the same
Holding a person for a limited time who, as yet, is not answerable to a criminal offense is ____.
Temporary Detention
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, if a _____ from another state comes into or passes
through this state under an order directing him to attend and testify in this or another state, he is not
subject to arrest or the service of civil or criminal process because of any act committed prior to his
arrival in this state under the order.
Witness
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, an officer must have _____ to believe the property is
stolen to justify seizure of the property.
Probable Cause
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a peace officer may arrest, without a warrant, when a
felony or breach of the peace has been committed in the presence or within view of a _____ and such
person verbally orders the arrest of the offender.
Magistrate
_____ exists when the facts and circumstances known to the officer would warrant a prudent man
believing that an offense has been committed.
Probable cause
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, what is the actual forcible detention of a person and other
coercive measures to detain him within certain limits?
cONSTRUCTIVE CUSTODY
Which U.S. Constitutional amendment is the primary focus of the Miranda v. Arizona case?
5th
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a citizen may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when
the offense is committed within their view is a _____.
Felony
According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which of the following, occurring in the presence of an
officer, requires an arrest, even without a warrant?
There is a person the officer has probable cause to believe is violating a protective order
