Police KRE1 Knowledge Assessment Questions and
Answers
1. What does the National Decision Model (NDM) help officers do?
Answer: Make ethical, lawful, and proportionate policing decisions by gathering
information, assessing risk, considering powers and policy, identifying options,
taking action, and reviewing the outcome.
2. What are the main principles of the Code of Ethics?
Answer: Integrity, honesty, fairness, respect, accountability, leadership, and
objectivity.
3. Define theft.
Answer: Theft is the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with
the intention of permanently depriving them of it.
4. What is the first step in the National Decision Model?
Answer: Gather information and intelligence.
5. Why is officer safety important?
Answer: To protect officers, colleagues, and the public while ensuring policing
duties are carried out effectively.
6. What is the primary purpose of the National Decision Model (NDM)?
Answer: To help officers make lawful, ethical, and proportionate decisions.
7. Before making an arrest, what must an officer generally have?
Answer: Lawful authority, reasonable grounds for suspicion (where required), and
the arrest must be necessary under the relevant legal test.
8. What is meant by reasonable force?
Answer: Force that is necessary, lawful, and proportionate to the circumstances.
9. What is the main purpose of the Code of Ethics?
Answer: To guide police officers in acting with integrity, fairness, honesty,
accountability, and respect.
10. What is the first step in the National Decision Model (NDM)?
Answer: Gather information and intelligence.
11. Why is accurate note-taking important?
Answer: It provides a reliable record of events and supports investigations and
court proceedings.
12. What is meant by "reasonable grounds for suspicion"?
, Answer: Facts or information that would lead an objective person to suspect that
someone has committed, is committing, or is about to commit an offence.
13. What is the purpose of cautioning a suspect before questioning?
Answer: To inform them of their legal rights and that anything they say may be
used as evidence.
14. What should an officer consider before using force?
Answer: Whether the force is lawful, necessary, proportionate, and the least
intrusive option available.
15. What is the role of a witness statement?
Answer: To record a witness's account accurately for use in an investigation and
possible court proceedings.
16. What is meant by accountability in policing?
Answer: Officers are responsible for their decisions and actions and must be able to
justify them.
17. Why is preserving a crime scene important?
Answer: To prevent contamination or loss of evidence.
18. What is the purpose of safeguarding vulnerable people?
Answer: To protect individuals who are at greater risk of harm or exploitation.
19. What is discrimination in policing?
Answer: Treating someone unfairly because of a protected characteristic or other
unjustified reason.
20. Why is effective communication important for police officers?
Answer: It helps build public trust, gather accurate information, reduce conflict, and
improve decision-making.
21. What is the purpose of a victim impact statement?
Answer: To explain how the crime has affected the victim physically, emotionally,
financially, or socially.
22. Why should evidence be handled carefully?
Answer: To preserve its integrity and maintain the chain of custody.
23. What is meant by "duty of care" in policing?
Answer: The responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect people from
foreseeable harm.
24. What is the main purpose of a police notebook?
Answer: To keep an accurate and contemporaneous record of events.
25. What is an indictable offence?
Answers
1. What does the National Decision Model (NDM) help officers do?
Answer: Make ethical, lawful, and proportionate policing decisions by gathering
information, assessing risk, considering powers and policy, identifying options,
taking action, and reviewing the outcome.
2. What are the main principles of the Code of Ethics?
Answer: Integrity, honesty, fairness, respect, accountability, leadership, and
objectivity.
3. Define theft.
Answer: Theft is the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with
the intention of permanently depriving them of it.
4. What is the first step in the National Decision Model?
Answer: Gather information and intelligence.
5. Why is officer safety important?
Answer: To protect officers, colleagues, and the public while ensuring policing
duties are carried out effectively.
6. What is the primary purpose of the National Decision Model (NDM)?
Answer: To help officers make lawful, ethical, and proportionate decisions.
7. Before making an arrest, what must an officer generally have?
Answer: Lawful authority, reasonable grounds for suspicion (where required), and
the arrest must be necessary under the relevant legal test.
8. What is meant by reasonable force?
Answer: Force that is necessary, lawful, and proportionate to the circumstances.
9. What is the main purpose of the Code of Ethics?
Answer: To guide police officers in acting with integrity, fairness, honesty,
accountability, and respect.
10. What is the first step in the National Decision Model (NDM)?
Answer: Gather information and intelligence.
11. Why is accurate note-taking important?
Answer: It provides a reliable record of events and supports investigations and
court proceedings.
12. What is meant by "reasonable grounds for suspicion"?
, Answer: Facts or information that would lead an objective person to suspect that
someone has committed, is committing, or is about to commit an offence.
13. What is the purpose of cautioning a suspect before questioning?
Answer: To inform them of their legal rights and that anything they say may be
used as evidence.
14. What should an officer consider before using force?
Answer: Whether the force is lawful, necessary, proportionate, and the least
intrusive option available.
15. What is the role of a witness statement?
Answer: To record a witness's account accurately for use in an investigation and
possible court proceedings.
16. What is meant by accountability in policing?
Answer: Officers are responsible for their decisions and actions and must be able to
justify them.
17. Why is preserving a crime scene important?
Answer: To prevent contamination or loss of evidence.
18. What is the purpose of safeguarding vulnerable people?
Answer: To protect individuals who are at greater risk of harm or exploitation.
19. What is discrimination in policing?
Answer: Treating someone unfairly because of a protected characteristic or other
unjustified reason.
20. Why is effective communication important for police officers?
Answer: It helps build public trust, gather accurate information, reduce conflict, and
improve decision-making.
21. What is the purpose of a victim impact statement?
Answer: To explain how the crime has affected the victim physically, emotionally,
financially, or socially.
22. Why should evidence be handled carefully?
Answer: To preserve its integrity and maintain the chain of custody.
23. What is meant by "duty of care" in policing?
Answer: The responsibility to take reasonable steps to protect people from
foreseeable harm.
24. What is the main purpose of a police notebook?
Answer: To keep an accurate and contemporaneous record of events.
25. What is an indictable offence?
