COLORADO POST CERTIFICATION LAW ENFORCEMENT EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
1. What is Sensory Distortion?: An Oflcer may hallucinate that an Ottender has already shot him
2. How Does an Officer React to a Threat to Another Person?: Locate, React, Control and
Identify
3. The Simplest Way for an Officer to Relieve Stress?: Deep Belly Breathing
4. When is an Officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in Jail?: When there is
no room at an Institution and he is place in jail for safetey reasons. A menetally ill person can only be held in a Jail for
a maximum of 24 hours
5. When there is a Robbery in Progress and a suspect is in the area an Officer
should?: Proceed as rapidly as possible, but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene.
6. When an Officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?: Record any
victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your witnesses
7. Am Officer's note taking at a crime scene is minimized by?: The type of ottense,
conditions of the case, oflcer attitude, oflcer ability and the number of oflcers assigned to the case
8. When Going to the scene of a domestic dispute, there are four phases, what
are they?: 1. Assess the situation
2. Take immediate corrective action
3. Listen & Observe
4. Follow up
9. When an Officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness
heard a loud noise, what perception might the witness have?: A small crow may seem
large
10. When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?: Diagonal
deployment
11. Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur
when a locked and sliding wheel bounce over a bump, rut rail, or hole in the
road It is called?: A skip skid mark
12. Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?: Turn
wheel to the left
13. On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach, In a two
man car?: One oflcer approaches and the other stays out of the kill zone.
14. What is verbal judo used for: To get a person to comply with verbal commands
, COLORADO POST CERTIFICATION LAW ENFORCEMENT EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
15. What are the characteristics of a hate crime?: No gain is made, not property is taken, but
usually involves harassment or assault.
16. When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished what should
you do?: Leave the court room and resume your normal duties
17. What are TWO CORE Components of Community Policing?: 1. Community Partner-
ship
2. Problem Solving
18. What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer a part of?: Assessment
19. Characteristics of Gang Activity are?: 1. Graflti
2. Drive by shooting
3. Collecting on a street corner, alley, schools etc...
20. Under C.R.S. What can a victim request in writing?: Release data of the ottender, parole
date
21. By law who must report Child Abuse?: Teachers, School authorities, child care personnel,
physicians, therapists, any school employee i.e. janitor
22. Steps in Crime Scene Sketching: 1. Observe and Plan
2. Measure and outline the area
3. Plot objects of evidence
4. Take Notes
5. Identify the scene
6. Reassess the sketch
23. What patterns are used in Crime Scene Searches?: 1. Grid
2. Zone
3. Parallel/line/lane, spiral
24. What is the element of a hostile work environment?: Adverse ettect on work perfor-
mance
25. What BAC will determine if someone if DUI?: .08% or higher
26. What is the objective of a DUI roadside?: To divide the suspects attention? (Rhomberg
technique).
27. A drunk driver hits and kills a pedestrian What is he charged with?: Vehicular
Homicide
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
1. What is Sensory Distortion?: An Oflcer may hallucinate that an Ottender has already shot him
2. How Does an Officer React to a Threat to Another Person?: Locate, React, Control and
Identify
3. The Simplest Way for an Officer to Relieve Stress?: Deep Belly Breathing
4. When is an Officer justified in putting a mentally ill person in Jail?: When there is
no room at an Institution and he is place in jail for safetey reasons. A menetally ill person can only be held in a Jail for
a maximum of 24 hours
5. When there is a Robbery in Progress and a suspect is in the area an Officer
should?: Proceed as rapidly as possible, but use extreme caution. Assume the suspect is still at the scene.
6. When an Officer takes a tape recorder to the crime scene he must?: Record any
victim, witness and suspect statements related to the crime. Do not cherry pick your witnesses
7. Am Officer's note taking at a crime scene is minimized by?: The type of ottense,
conditions of the case, oflcer attitude, oflcer ability and the number of oflcers assigned to the case
8. When Going to the scene of a domestic dispute, there are four phases, what
are they?: 1. Assess the situation
2. Take immediate corrective action
3. Listen & Observe
4. Follow up
9. When an Officer is interviewing a witness or victim to a crime and the witness
heard a loud noise, what perception might the witness have?: A small crow may seem
large
10. When doing a building search, what is the best way to approach?: Diagonal
deployment
11. Skids that are broken without release of the brake pressure. They occur
when a locked and sliding wheel bounce over a bump, rut rail, or hole in the
road It is called?: A skip skid mark
12. Which way do you turn the steering wheel when making a traffic stop?: Turn
wheel to the left
13. On an unknown risk felony stop, what is the best way to approach, In a two
man car?: One oflcer approaches and the other stays out of the kill zone.
14. What is verbal judo used for: To get a person to comply with verbal commands
, COLORADO POST CERTIFICATION LAW ENFORCEMENT EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
15. What are the characteristics of a hate crime?: No gain is made, not property is taken, but
usually involves harassment or assault.
16. When you are testifying on the stand, once you are finished what should
you do?: Leave the court room and resume your normal duties
17. What are TWO CORE Components of Community Policing?: 1. Community Partner-
ship
2. Problem Solving
18. What part of S.A.R.A. model is a police officer a part of?: Assessment
19. Characteristics of Gang Activity are?: 1. Graflti
2. Drive by shooting
3. Collecting on a street corner, alley, schools etc...
20. Under C.R.S. What can a victim request in writing?: Release data of the ottender, parole
date
21. By law who must report Child Abuse?: Teachers, School authorities, child care personnel,
physicians, therapists, any school employee i.e. janitor
22. Steps in Crime Scene Sketching: 1. Observe and Plan
2. Measure and outline the area
3. Plot objects of evidence
4. Take Notes
5. Identify the scene
6. Reassess the sketch
23. What patterns are used in Crime Scene Searches?: 1. Grid
2. Zone
3. Parallel/line/lane, spiral
24. What is the element of a hostile work environment?: Adverse ettect on work perfor-
mance
25. What BAC will determine if someone if DUI?: .08% or higher
26. What is the objective of a DUI roadside?: To divide the suspects attention? (Rhomberg
technique).
27. A drunk driver hits and kills a pedestrian What is he charged with?: Vehicular
Homicide
