PATROL PROCEDURES STUDY LATEST EXAMS SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Objectives of patrol - ✔✔To preserve the peace by mere PRESENCE and proper
action
To prevent crime by opportunity reduction; duty to prevent
To suppress crime by timely response to crimes in progress and by properly
investigating offenses
To apprehend suspects
To regulate non-criminal conduct ob obtaining and maintaining good officer-citizen
relationships to protect life and proprety
✔✔Seven step violator method - ✔✔1. Greeting and identification of police agency
2. Statement of violation committed
3. Identification of the drive and check of conditions of violator and vehicle
4. Statement of action to be taken
5. Take that action
6. Explain what the violator must do
7. Leave
, ✔✔Procedures of a high risk felony stop - ✔✔1. Notify dispatch of location and
description of vehicle (LP if possible) and request back up. When practical, wait for back
up before signaling suspect vehicle to stop
2. Signal suspect to stop
3. When suspect stops, notify dispatch of exact location
4. If possible, offset the patrol vehicle to the left of suspect vehicle giving officer more
protection. If dark illuminate the suspect vehicle w spotlight
5. Leave flashlights and emergency flashers on to warn passing motorist of danger
6. Draw weapon to cover suspects
7. Give orders to suspects
✔✔Elements of beat characteristics: - ✔✔Area and its socio-economic and geographic
characteristics
Conditions
Crime hazards
Crimes committed in area
Knowledge of assigned area, such as location of streets, businesses, schools,
hospitals; which way street numbers run; traffic routes, i.e., main arterial streets, dead
ends, overpasses, back roads, one-way streets, and alleyways
Increases probability of on-site arrest and officer safety
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop when a pedestrian is... - ✔✔Carrying
something suspicious
Acting strangely
Staying in the same place
Stopping other than on the street
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop where: - ✔✔Note escape routes
Gauge number of people who could be hurt
Place where least number of hostages possible
Gauge officer safety
Report location to dispatcher
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop How? - ✔✔Use effective verbal
communications
Approach carefully; maintain visual contact with suspicious person, approach on right
side since most people are right-handed, watch for furtive movements or attempts to
flee, establish early eye contact, and be aware of surroundings
✔✔Orders given to suspects during a felony stop - ✔✔-Slowly exit the vehicle by
reaching outside of driver's window and open door from the outside with the the left
hand, stop place hands in the air, walk backwards slowly toward the patrol unit, legs
spread, arms out stretched one to exit suspect vehicle unless ordered to do so
-All occupants to remain still and look ahead
-Driver to turn off the ignition and drop the keys outside of suspect vehicle
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Objectives of patrol - ✔✔To preserve the peace by mere PRESENCE and proper
action
To prevent crime by opportunity reduction; duty to prevent
To suppress crime by timely response to crimes in progress and by properly
investigating offenses
To apprehend suspects
To regulate non-criminal conduct ob obtaining and maintaining good officer-citizen
relationships to protect life and proprety
✔✔Seven step violator method - ✔✔1. Greeting and identification of police agency
2. Statement of violation committed
3. Identification of the drive and check of conditions of violator and vehicle
4. Statement of action to be taken
5. Take that action
6. Explain what the violator must do
7. Leave
, ✔✔Procedures of a high risk felony stop - ✔✔1. Notify dispatch of location and
description of vehicle (LP if possible) and request back up. When practical, wait for back
up before signaling suspect vehicle to stop
2. Signal suspect to stop
3. When suspect stops, notify dispatch of exact location
4. If possible, offset the patrol vehicle to the left of suspect vehicle giving officer more
protection. If dark illuminate the suspect vehicle w spotlight
5. Leave flashlights and emergency flashers on to warn passing motorist of danger
6. Draw weapon to cover suspects
7. Give orders to suspects
✔✔Elements of beat characteristics: - ✔✔Area and its socio-economic and geographic
characteristics
Conditions
Crime hazards
Crimes committed in area
Knowledge of assigned area, such as location of streets, businesses, schools,
hospitals; which way street numbers run; traffic routes, i.e., main arterial streets, dead
ends, overpasses, back roads, one-way streets, and alleyways
Increases probability of on-site arrest and officer safety
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop when a pedestrian is... - ✔✔Carrying
something suspicious
Acting strangely
Staying in the same place
Stopping other than on the street
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop where: - ✔✔Note escape routes
Gauge number of people who could be hurt
Place where least number of hostages possible
Gauge officer safety
Report location to dispatcher
✔✔Demonstrate a proper pedestrian stop How? - ✔✔Use effective verbal
communications
Approach carefully; maintain visual contact with suspicious person, approach on right
side since most people are right-handed, watch for furtive movements or attempts to
flee, establish early eye contact, and be aware of surroundings
✔✔Orders given to suspects during a felony stop - ✔✔-Slowly exit the vehicle by
reaching outside of driver's window and open door from the outside with the the left
hand, stop place hands in the air, walk backwards slowly toward the patrol unit, legs
spread, arms out stretched one to exit suspect vehicle unless ordered to do so
-All occupants to remain still and look ahead
-Driver to turn off the ignition and drop the keys outside of suspect vehicle
