CLEET prog 1 study guide Question
and answers correctly solved
2025/2026
What is in a well written report - correct answer ✔Accuracy, Conciseness, completeness, clarity,
legibility, objectivity, grammatically correct, and correct spelling.
preliminary investigation report writing is a plan of attack an officer will take to completely handle an
incident and gather information. What does preliminary stand for? - correct answer ✔Proceed to the
incident, render aid to the victim, effect the arrest of the suspect, locate witnesses of the incident,
interview witnesses of the incident, Maintain the crime scene in its original condition, interrogate the
suspect of the crime, note all preliminary investigation findings, arrange for the crime lab to process the
crime scene, report is to be written, yield to the follow-up investigators.
What is the definition of a well written report - correct answer ✔A police report is the oral or written
accounting of something seen, heard, or done by a officer in the performance of his duties.
Report content - correct answer ✔
- correct answer ✔Active: the subject is specified in the sentence and is directly doing the action.
Passive: the subject is either implied or is being acted upon by the verb
The active voice in 20% shorter than the passive voice.
Step 1. Locate the verb
Step 2. Locate who or what is doing the action, this is the subject.
Step 3. Determine what the actual subject should be and place it just in front of the verb in the
sentence.
, Inappropriate words for law enforcement - correct answer ✔Slang, jargon, non-standard abbreviations.
Unless you are quoting someone.
Identify the difference between statutory law and case law - correct answer ✔Statutory law: the legal
form of the law passed down from the legislature.
Case law: those cases were the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the court of criminal appeals have
interpreted statutory law in very specific cases.
Identify the difference of a private wrong and a crime - correct answer ✔Civil: wrong against an
individual, an action for recovery of damages caused by the tort is brought by an individual.
Crime: an offense against the public, an action is brought by the government, subjective intent is
generally required.
Recognize the different courts - correct answer ✔Municipal court not of record: non lawyer judge, fine
up to $50, can only jail for failure to pay fines and costs, with juveniles they only deal with traffic
offenses, may not provide jury trial.
Municipal court not of record: judge is a lawyer, fine up to $500, 30 days in jail, may provide jury trial,
limited power over juveniles but cannot jail them.
Municipal court of record: population of 65,000, judge is a lawyer, fine up to $1,200, jail to 90 days,
power over juveniles but cannot jail, may provide jury trials
District court: a court of general jurisdiction, has unlimited jurisdiction over all justifiable matters, may
issue writs, judgments, and decrees; judge is lawyer, has 3 judges, district, associate district, and special.
Court of criminal appeals: judges are lawyers, has jurisdiction in all criminal matters, is the highest court
in OK for criminal cases.
and answers correctly solved
2025/2026
What is in a well written report - correct answer ✔Accuracy, Conciseness, completeness, clarity,
legibility, objectivity, grammatically correct, and correct spelling.
preliminary investigation report writing is a plan of attack an officer will take to completely handle an
incident and gather information. What does preliminary stand for? - correct answer ✔Proceed to the
incident, render aid to the victim, effect the arrest of the suspect, locate witnesses of the incident,
interview witnesses of the incident, Maintain the crime scene in its original condition, interrogate the
suspect of the crime, note all preliminary investigation findings, arrange for the crime lab to process the
crime scene, report is to be written, yield to the follow-up investigators.
What is the definition of a well written report - correct answer ✔A police report is the oral or written
accounting of something seen, heard, or done by a officer in the performance of his duties.
Report content - correct answer ✔
- correct answer ✔Active: the subject is specified in the sentence and is directly doing the action.
Passive: the subject is either implied or is being acted upon by the verb
The active voice in 20% shorter than the passive voice.
Step 1. Locate the verb
Step 2. Locate who or what is doing the action, this is the subject.
Step 3. Determine what the actual subject should be and place it just in front of the verb in the
sentence.
, Inappropriate words for law enforcement - correct answer ✔Slang, jargon, non-standard abbreviations.
Unless you are quoting someone.
Identify the difference between statutory law and case law - correct answer ✔Statutory law: the legal
form of the law passed down from the legislature.
Case law: those cases were the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the court of criminal appeals have
interpreted statutory law in very specific cases.
Identify the difference of a private wrong and a crime - correct answer ✔Civil: wrong against an
individual, an action for recovery of damages caused by the tort is brought by an individual.
Crime: an offense against the public, an action is brought by the government, subjective intent is
generally required.
Recognize the different courts - correct answer ✔Municipal court not of record: non lawyer judge, fine
up to $50, can only jail for failure to pay fines and costs, with juveniles they only deal with traffic
offenses, may not provide jury trial.
Municipal court not of record: judge is a lawyer, fine up to $500, 30 days in jail, may provide jury trial,
limited power over juveniles but cannot jail them.
Municipal court of record: population of 65,000, judge is a lawyer, fine up to $1,200, jail to 90 days,
power over juveniles but cannot jail, may provide jury trials
District court: a court of general jurisdiction, has unlimited jurisdiction over all justifiable matters, may
issue writs, judgments, and decrees; judge is lawyer, has 3 judges, district, associate district, and special.
Court of criminal appeals: judges are lawyers, has jurisdiction in all criminal matters, is the highest court
in OK for criminal cases.
